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Adjective
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Interfering or meddling in the affairs of others
pushy
assertive
brash
forward
ambitious
bold
obtrusive
officious
presumptuous
aggressive
bumptious
forceful
intrusive
self-assertive
thrusting
arrogant
bossy
busy
cocksure
confident
domineering
interfering
intruding
loud
meddlesome
meddling
nosey
nosy
over-assertive
overbearing
overconfident
presuming
protrusive
prying
snoopy
cocky
impertinent
obnoxious
offensive
pushful
go-ahead
insistent
loudmouthed
nervy
strident
full of oneself
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having or showing a strong desire and determination to succeed
ambitious
aspiring
self-seeking
go-getting
hard-driving
wishful
eager
striving
hopeful
optimistic
budding
wannabe
potential
intending
aspirant
would-be
prospective
likely
possible
keen
determined
future
enterprising
pioneering
energetic
committed
go-ahead
motivated
zealous
longing
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Aggressively ambitious
ambitious
determined
driving
enterprising
go-ahead
dynamic
purposeful
resourceful
on the go
vigorous
energetic
powerful
forceful
aggressive
potent
assertive
strong
effective
emphatic
bold
pushy
effectual
high-octane
vehement
high-powered
feisty
full-blooded
forcible
go-getting
active
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having an interest in the future, and planning for it
forward-looking
modern
progressive
enterprising
liberal
reforming
dynamic
enlightened
go-ahead
go-getting
ambitious
bold
farseeing
farsighted
forehanded
foreseeing
foresighted
forethoughtful
forward
pioneering
positive
prescient
proactive
progressivist
provident
visionary
avant-garde
forward-thinking
open-minded
radical
revolutionary
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Beginning to attract attention or critical acclaim
up-and-coming
promising
ambitious
budding
coming
eager
rising
talented
able
apt
climbing
determined
emerging
enterprising
gifted
go-getter
go-getting
high-reaching
hungry
soaring
striving
succeeding
with potential
in the making
likely to succeed
coming on strong
get up and go
on the up and up
resourceful
original
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Being in effective or current operation, action, or force
active
operational
functional
functioning
working
live
operative
opened
serviceable
operating
running
effective
effectual
moving
acting
alive
going
living
efficacious
on
potent
astir
engaged
exertive
flowing
involved
movable
powerful
progressive
rolling
simmering
stirring
travellingUK
travelingUS
turning
in action
in operation
in process
up and running
at work
in business
in force
in play
non-inert
non-passive
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately
provocative
provoking
annoying
offensive
galling
goading
insulting
aggravating
stimulating
vexing
affronting
exasperating
incendiary
inflammatory
infuriating
instigative
irritating
maddening
agitational
arousing
challenging
charged
controversial
disturbing
edgy
exciting
inciting
inflaming
instigating
outrageous
piquing
rousing
agitative
incensing
in-your-face
aggressive
confrontational
heady
influential
inspirational
intoxicating
rabble-rousing
spurring
stimulant
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Taking no account of other people's wishes or opinions
autocratic
dictatorial
despotic
tyrannical
absolute
all-powerful
domineering
imperious
arbitrary
bossy
monocratic
oppressive
overbearing
repressive
autarchic
peremptory
totalitarian
tyrannous
anti-democratic
doctrinaire
dogmatic
draconian
illiberal
one-party
tyrannic
undemocratic
authoritarian
authoritative
czarist
harsh
high-handed
masterful
overweening
rigid
severe
strict
tsarist
unlimited
dystopian
inflexible
unyielding
czarlike
driving
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having or displaying a strong desire to be more successful than others
competitive
ambitious
aggressive
combative
driven
contentious
cutthroat
determined
emulous
keen
bloodthirsty
fierce
gladiatorial
motivated
pushy
thirsty
vying
zealous
competing
desirous
driving
feisty
hungry
ruthless
scrappy
spirited
antagonistic
carnivorous
insistent
opposing
oppositional
warlike
warring
go-getting
gung ho
two-fisted
go-ahead
hard-driving
on the warpath
having killer instinct
spoiling for a fight
ready for action
more ❯
Adverb
▲
Very close to but not quite
almost
approaching
nearly
roughly
near
next to
nigh
practically
virtually
well-nigh
close to
just about
near enough
about
around
approximately
round about
or so
give or take
in round numbers
more or less
something like
or thereabouts
circa
in the neighbourhood of
getting on for
near to
rounded down
in the area of
not far off
more ❯
“It's my birthday and I'm already pushing fifty.”
Noun
▲
The action of saying something to persuade, encourage, or remind someone to do or say something
prompting
reminding
suggestion
assistance
encouragement
hint
persuasion
reminder
influence
pressing
prodding
urging
cue
cues
hints
jogging
pressure
reminders
advice
geeing-up
incitement
inducement
instigation
motivation
suggestions
warning
clarion call
goading
pressurizationUS
beseeching
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of furthering or helping forward
furtherance
advancement
backing
boosting
promotion
forwarding
furthering
abetting
aiding
assisting
championship
facilitating
helping
stimulation
acceleration
advocacy
betterment
cultivation
encouragement
hastening
improvement
nurturing
succoringUS
succouringUK
championing
elevation
endorsement
expediting
fostering
patronage
augmentation
development
enhancement
pursuit
prosecution
speeding up
carrying-out
more ❯
Noun
▲
The publicizing of a product, organization, or venture so as to increase sales or public awareness
promotion
advertising
publicity
marketing
hype
plugging
promo
propaganda
publicization
puffery
ballyhoo
campaign
pitch
puff
selling
boosterism
offer
plug
press
blurb
buildup
hoopla
notice
pzazzUK
pizzazzUS
advertising campaign
publicity campaign
hard sell
media hype
press-agentry
public relations
PR campaign
PR
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be forcing one's way through
boring
bulldozing
bulling
forcing
driving
elbowing
jostling
shoving
crashing
pressing
thrusting
muscling
railroading
ramming
squeezing
steamrollering
jamming
shouldering
nudging
hitting
bumping
manhandling
poking
striking
exerting pressure on
bearing down on
mashing
depressing
tapping
touching
more ❯
“We had to push the heavy door with all of our might to open it.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to demand earnestly or pressingly
pressing
pressuring
pressurisingUK
pressurizingUS
urging
encouraging
influencing
persuading
advising
compelling
imploring
admonishing
driving
hustling
obliging
promoting
begging
bothering
hounding
inciting
spurring
advocating
constraining
expediting
harassing
badgering
browbeating
bullying
forcing
pestering
beseeching
inducing
inspanning
prodding
soliciting
hassling
intimidating
motivating
nagging
recommending
harrying
inspiring
making
obligating
prompting
railroading
adjuring
coercing
dragooning
goading
nudging
propelling
entreating
exhorting
impelling
insisting
steamrolling
keying up
speeding up
trying to persuade
pushing around
putting the screws to
strong-arming
press-ganging
putting up to
railroading into
dragooning into
pouring it on
prevailing on
insisting on
pushing for
steamrollering into
bulldozing into
turning on
appealing to
firing up
selling on
egging on
exerting influence on
using pressure on
going to town on
putting the heat on
bearing down on
browbeating into
putting pressure on
putting the screws on
using strong-arm tactics on
“My parents would push me to learn a musical instrument when I was younger.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to promote the use, sale, or acceptance of
advertising
hyping
promoting
publicisingUK
publicizingUS
advocating
plugging
selling
advancing
endorsing
marketing
broadcasting
peddling
publishing
annunciating
championing
flacking
informing
proclaiming
spruiking
apprising
declaring
enunciating
popularisingUK
popularizingUS
posting
showing
backing
ballyhooing
disclosing
flashing
recommending
sponsoring
encouraging
pitching
puffing
releasing
supplying
announcing
communicating
heralding
huckstering
notifying
touting
circularisingUK
circularizingUS
flaunting
flogging
promulgating
propagandisingUK
propagandizingUS
aggrandizing
exposing
merchandising
presenting
trumpeting
advertizing
boosting
divulging
exhibiting
revealing
making public
trafficking in
campaigning for
made known
dealing in
getting behind
hyping up
crying up
puffing up
talking up
calling attention to
giving a puff to
banging the drum for
beating the drum for
giving publicity to
giving a plug to
“Companies are preoccupied with trying to push their products onto consumers.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to move or proceed onward
advancing
journeying
proceeding
progressing
marching
moving
navigating
heading
propelling
travellingUK
travelingUS
continuing
transiting
tracking
crossing
peregrinating
going
traversing
dispatching
storming
edging
perambulating
coming forward
making headway
pressing on
gaining ground
making inroads
pushing on
going ahead
moving ahead
pushing ahead
cutting across
moving onward
proceeding along
going forth
ploughing on
pushing forward
cracking on
moving along
forging on
marching on
going on
moving forward
covering ground
plowing on
forging ahead
pressing ahead
going forward
making progress
“The troops will continue to push southwards in the coming weeks.”
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