jostle

The word “jostle” has 2 syllables: jost-le

It's pronounced as /ˈʤɒsəl/


What is synonym and antonym for jostle?

In the thesaurus, “jostle” has 28 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for jostle along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for jostle

  • bang into
  • bore
  • bull
  • bulldoze
  • bump heads
  • butt
  • crash
  • crowd
  • elbow
  • hustle
  • jab
  • jam
  • jog
  • joggle
  • jolt
  • muscle
  • nudge
  • press
  • push
  • push around
  • push aside
  • ram
  • rough up
  • scramble
  • shoulder
  • shove
  • squeeze
  • thrust

Antonyms for jostle

  • leave alone
  • pull
  • repress

Meanings of jostle

  • noun
    1. The act of jostling someone or something; push, shove.
    2. The action of a jostling crowd.
  • verb
    1. To bump into or brush against while in motion; to push aside.
    2. To move through by pushing and shoving.
    3. To be close to or in physical contact with.
    4. To contend or vie in order to acquire something.
    5. To pick or attempt to pick pockets.

Example Sentences

  • People began to jostle for a better view of the stage.
  • She had to jostle through the crowd to catch the train.
  • The players started to jostle for position as the ball came toward them.
  • He felt a bit uncomfortable as people continued to jostle him in the busy street.
  • They had to jostle each other for space on the crowded elevator.

On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jostle, such as: bang into, bore, bull, bulldoze, bump heads, butt, crash.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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elbow

  • ancon
  • angle
  • bend
  • bore
  • bow
  • bull
  • bulldoze
  • bump
  • corner
  • crash
  • crazy bone
  • crook
  • crowd
  • crutch
  • curve
  • fork
  • funny bone
  • half turn
  • hinge
  • hook
  • hustle
  • jam
  • joint
  • jostle
  • knock
  • muscle
  • nudge
  • press
  • push
  • ram
  • rough up
  • shoulder
  • shove
  • squeeze
  • thrust
  • turn

hammer

  • abate
  • abuse
  • admonish
  • assail
  • assault
  • attack
  • bad-mouth
  • bang
  • bash
  • baste
  • bastinade
  • bastinado
  • bat
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  • batter
  • bawl out
  • bean
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  • beat
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  • beetle
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  • beset
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  • billy club
  • birch
  • blackjack
  • blame
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  • bob
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  • box
  • brain
  • buffet
  • bump
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  • bunt
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  • butt
  • call down
  • cane
  • carve
  • castigate
  • censure
  • chase
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  • chide
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  • clap
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  • coin
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  • do
  • draw
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  • drive
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  • excoriate
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  • fault
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  • flick
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  • floor
  • forge
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  • gavel
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  • hang one on
  • harangue
  • hew
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  • hide
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  • horsewhip
  • jab
  • jaw
  • jostle
  • keelhaul
  • kick
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  • knock
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  • lam
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  • lash
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  • lecture
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  • mint
  • mock
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  • mutilate
  • nail
  • nightstick
  • paddle
  • pan
  • paste
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  • pepper
  • pistol-whip
  • planish
  • poke
  • pommel
  • pound
  • prod
  • pummel
  • punch
  • punch out
  • push
  • put down
  • rabbit-punch
  • rag
  • raid
  • rap
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  • rattan
  • rawhide
  • rebuke
  • reprehend
  • reprimand
  • reproach
  • reprove
  • revile
  • ridicule
  • rod
  • rough
  • rung
  • rush
  • sap
  • scoff
  • scold
  • score
  • scorn
  • scourge
  • scuff
  • sculpt
  • sculpture
  • shape
  • shillalah
  • shillelagh
  • shove
  • skull
  • slam
  • slap
  • slash
  • slate
  • sledge
  • sledgehammer
  • slog
  • slug
  • smack
  • smash
  • smite
  • sock
  • spank
  • spear
  • stab
  • staff
  • stamp
  • stave
  • storm
  • strap
  • strike
  • stroke
  • sucker punch
  • swat
  • swipe
  • switch
  • tag
  • take to task
  • tan
  • tap
  • thrash
  • thresh
  • thump
  • thwack
  • tongue-lash
  • tromp
  • trounce
  • truncheon
  • upbraid
  • vituperate
  • waddy
  • walking stick
  • wallop
  • whack
  • whale
  • wham
  • whangee
  • whap
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • work
  • work over
  • wound
  • zap

raced

  • accelerated
  • arrowed
  • barreled
  • barrelled
  • battled
  • beat it
  • beelined
  • beetled
  • belted
  • blasted
  • blazed
  • blew
  • boil
  • bolt
  • bolted
  • bombed
  • bowled
  • breezed
  • bundled
  • bustle
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  • buzzed
  • cannonballed
  • careened
  • career
  • careered
  • caught up
  • challenged
  • chase
  • chased
  • compete
  • competed
  • contended
  • contest
  • course
  • coursed
  • dart
  • darted
  • dash
  • dashed
  • drove
  • engaged
  • faced off
  • fast-forwarded
  • flew
  • fling
  • flitted
  • fly
  • fought
  • gallop
  • galloped
  • got a move on
  • hared
  • haste
  • hasten
  • hastened
  • hie
  • hied
  • highballed
  • humped
  • hurled
  • hurried
  • hurry
  • hurtled
  • hustle
  • hustled
  • jetted
  • jockeyed
  • jogged
  • jostled
  • jumped
  • lash
  • made tracks
  • maneuvered
  • motored
  • nipped
  • outpaced
  • outran
  • outstrip
  • outstripped
  • overtook
  • pelted
  • played
  • plunge ahead
  • post
  • pursue
  • quickened
  • rammed
  • ran
  • ripped
  • rivaled
  • rivalled
  • rocketed
  • run
  • rush
  • rushed
  • rustled
  • scamper
  • scampered
  • scooted
  • scramble
  • scud
  • scudded
  • scuffled
  • scurried
  • scuttle
  • scuttled
  • shook a leg
  • shoot
  • shot
  • skim
  • sped
  • speeded
  • sprint
  • sprinted
  • spurt
  • stampeded
  • stepped
  • stepped on it
  • stepped out
  • streaked
  • swoop
  • tear
  • tore
  • trained
  • traveled
  • travelled
  • tried out
  • trotted
  • vied
  • went out
  • whirled
  • whisk
  • whisked
  • whizzed
  • wing
  • worked
  • wrought
  • zipped
  • zoomed

hammered

  • abated
  • abused
  • admonished
  • alcoholic
  • assailed
  • assaulted
  • attacked
  • bad-mouthed
  • banged
  • bashed
  • basted
  • batted
  • battered
  • bawled out
  • beaned
  • beat
  • beat up on
  • beery
  • befuddled
  • belabored
  • belittled
  • belted
  • berated
  • beset
  • besotted
  • bibulous
  • biffed
  • birched
  • blackjacked
  • blamed
  • blasted
  • bleary-eyed
  • blind
  • blitzed
  • blotto
  • bludgeoned
  • boasted
  • bobbed
  • bombed
  • bonked
  • boozy
  • bopped
  • boxed
  • brained
  • buffeted
  • bumped
  • bunged
  • bunged up
  • bunted
  • bust
  • busted
  • butted
  • called down
  • caned
  • canned
  • carved
  • castigated
  • censured
  • chased
  • chastised
  • chewed out
  • chid
  • chided
  • chiseled
  • chiselled
  • chopped
  • clapped
  • clapt
  • clipped
  • clobbered
  • clocked
  • clouted
  • clubbed
  • cockeyed
  • coined
  • condemned
  • conked
  • constructed
  • cowhided
  • cracked
  • crapulous
  • creamed
  • created
  • criticized
  • crocked
  • crucified
  • cudgeled
  • cudgelled
  • cuffed
  • curried
  • cut
  • debauched
  • decked
  • denounced
  • did
  • dipsomaniacal
  • disparaged
  • dissed
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • dopey
  • dopy
  • dressed down
  • drew
  • drubbed
  • drunk
  • drunken
  • dumped
  • elaborated
  • excoriated
  • fashioned
  • faulted
  • felled
  • fibbed
  • finished
  • flagellated
  • flailed
  • flayed
  • flicked
  • flogged
  • floored
  • forged
  • formed
  • fried
  • fustigated
  • gassed
  • gored
  • graved
  • harangued
  • hewed
  • hided
  • high
  • hit
  • horsewhipped
  • hung one on
  • impaired
  • in the bag
  • inebriate
  • inebriated
  • intoxicated
  • jabbed
  • jawed
  • jostled
  • juiced
  • keelhauled
  • kicked
  • knapped
  • kneaded
  • kneed
  • knocked
  • knocked down
  • laced
  • lacerated
  • laid into
  • laid on
  • lambasted
  • lammed
  • lashed
  • lathered
  • leathered
  • lectured
  • leveled
  • levelled
  • licked
  • lit
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  • loaded
  • looped
  • maimed
  • mangled
  • manufactured
  • maudlin
  • mauled
  • milled
  • minted
  • mocked
  • modeled
  • modelled
  • molded
  • mutilated
  • nailed
  • oiled
  • ornamented
  • paddled
  • panned
  • pasted
  • patted
  • pelted
  • peppered
  • pickled
  • pie-eyed
  • pistol-whipped
  • planished
  • plastered
  • poked
  • pommeled
  • pommelled
  • potted
  • pounded
  • processed
  • prodded
  • pummeled
  • pummelled
  • punched
  • punched out
  • pushed
  • put down
  • rabbit-punched
  • ragged
  • raided
  • rapped
  • rated
  • rawhided
  • rebuked
  • reprehended
  • reprimanded
  • reproached
  • reproved
  • reviled
  • ridiculed
  • ripped
  • rocky
  • rolled
  • roughed
  • rushed
  • sapped
  • scoffed
  • scolded
  • scored
  • scorned
  • scourged
  • scuffed
  • sculpted
  • sculptured
  • shaped
  • shoved
  • skulled
  • slammed
  • slapped
  • slashed
  • slated
  • sledged
  • sledgehammered
  • slogged
  • sloshed
  • slugged
  • smacked
  • smashed
  • smote
  • socked
  • sottish
  • soused
  • sozzled
  • spanked
  • speared
  • squiffed
  • squiffy
  • stabbed
  • stamped
  • stewed
  • stiff
  • stinking
  • stoned
  • stormed
  • strapped
  • stroked
  • struck
  • strung out
  • stupefied
  • sucker punched
  • swatted
  • swiped
  • switched
  • tagged
  • tamped
  • tanked
  • tanned
  • tapped
  • thrashed
  • three sheets in the wind
  • three sheets to the wind
  • threshed
  • thumped
  • thwacked
  • tiddly
  • tight
  • tipsy
  • tongue-lashed
  • took to task
  • tramped
  • tramped down
  • trodden
  • tromped
  • under the influence
  • under the weather
  • upbraided
  • vituperated
  • walloped
  • wasted
  • wet
  • whacked
  • whaled
  • whammed
  • whapped
  • whipped
  • whomped
  • whopped
  • whupped
  • wiped out
  • worked
  • worked over
  • wounded
  • wrought
  • zapped

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