Synonyms of flush

flush 1 of 3

adjective

1

as in tanned

having a healthy reddish skin tone

was flush after getting out of the hot bath

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tanned
• red
• glowing
• flushed
• ruddy
• warm
• rosy
• blooming
• brown
• sanguine
• rubicund
• blushing
• florid
• pink
• bronzed
• pinkish
• suntanned
• full-blooded
• blowsy
• bloomy
• cherubic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pale
• sallow
• wan
• pallid
• ashen
• livid
• lurid
• white
• peaked
• pasty
• ashy
• palish
• doughy
• mealy
• waxen
• waxy
• peaky
• sallowish
• blanched
• whitened
• sick
• paled
• anemic
• sickly
• bloodless
• cadaverous
• white-faced
• whey-faced

2

as in plane

having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities

the flush paneling on the door gives it a very plain and dull look

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plane
• smooth
• level
• flat
• even
• horizontal
• exact
• vertical
• true
• regular
• uniform
• aligned
• straight
• plumb
• tabular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• coarse
• rough
• uneven
• lumpy
• bumpy
• irregular
• warped
• undulating
• wavy
• inexact
• unsmoothed
• unaligned
• undulatory
• pitted
• pockmarked
• pocky

3

as in energetic

having active strength of body or mind

a flush, healthy man of 65

Synonyms & Similar Words

• energetic
• vigorous
• robust
• dynamic
• lively
• powerful
• fit
• healthy
• strong
• lusty
• vital
• capable
• tough
• peppy
• mighty
• gingery
• red-blooded
• hale
• spirited
• brisk
• athletic
• sturdy
• animated
• muscular
• energized
• kinetic
• refreshed
• sound
• rejuvenated
• punchy
• dashing
• vivacious
• rugged
• stout
• hardy
• fortified
• sprightly
• vitalized
• virile
• beefy
• competent
• firm
• enlivened
• burly
• invigorated
• mettlesome
• hearty
• brawny
• revitalized
• husky
• puissant
• strapping
• stalwart
• able-bodied
• robustious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sluggish
• weak
• dull
• faint
• lethargic
• listless
• wan
• delicate
• torpid
• feeble
• prostrate
• tired
• weakened
• frail
• impotent
• powerless
• effete
• soft
• infirm
• lazy
• languid
• ill
• indolent
• wasted
• lackadaisical
• enervated
• disabled
• invertebrate
• nerveless
• sapped
• unhealthy
• wimpy
• spineless
• prostrated
• unsound
• unwell
• debilitated
• decrepit
• broken-down
• worn-out

4

as in wealthy

having goods, property, or money in abundance

she's very flush now that she has her inheritance

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wealthy
• rich
• affluent
• moneyed
• loaded
• successful
• opulent
• well-to-do
• well-endowed
• in the chips
• fat
• comfortable
• well-heeled
• fat-cat
• well-off
• silk-stocking
• deep-pocketed
• well-fixed
• prosperous
• substantial
• thriving
• prospering
• propertied
• better-off
• privileged
• flourishing
• advantaged
• blessed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• indigent
• impoverished
• destitute
• needy
• penniless
• penurious
• deprived
• impecunious
• bankrupt
• disadvantaged
• broke
• poverty-stricken
• pinched
• indebted
• hand-to-mouth
• depressed
• insolvent
• ruined
• underprivileged
• reduced
• short
• low
• unaffluent
• straitened
• skint
• pauperized
• beggared
• bankrupted

5

as in filled

possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified

a field flush with flowers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• bursting
• packed
• crowded
• jammed
• abundant
• stuffed
• awash
• crammed
• swarming
• teeming
• rife
• replete
• saturated
• fraught
• thick
• brimming
• loaded
• lousy
• buzzing
• clogged
• bulging
• abounding
• thronging
• busy
• overflowing
• full
• chock-full
• congested
• overfilled
• humming
• overloaded
• overstuffed
• overladen
• fat
• overcrowded
• lively
• surfeited
• overfull
• jam-packed
• bustling
• alive
• animated
• astir

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• blank
• devoid
• void
• bare
• vacant
• barren
• stark
• depleted
• short
• drained
• insufficient
• deficient
• incomplete
• exhausted

6

as in adjacent

having a border in common

the front yard's floral border is flush with the sidewalk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• adjacent
• neighboring
• adjoining
• closest
• bordering
• contiguous
• close
• touching
• joining
• abutting
• attached
• flanking
• juxtaposed
• united
• nearest
• connected
• skirting
• connecting
• linked
• fringing
• conterminous
• near
• verging
• surrounding
• communicating
• nearby
• immediate
• joined
• encircling
• nigh
• approximate
• marginal
• next-door
• fencing
• peripheral
• embracing
• bounding
• enclosing
• tangential
• ambient
• interconnecting
• tangent
• rimming
• circumjacent
• encompassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• single
• separate
• apart
• discrete
• isolated
• detached
• isolate
• disconnected
• unconnected
• noncontiguous
• removed
• unattached
• remote
• free-standing
• nonadjacent
• distant
• farthest
• unlinked
• far
• away
• split
• resolved
• discontinuous
• divided
• broken up
• noncontinuous
• severed
• far-off
• uncoupled
• dissociated
• parted
• divorced
• faraway
• ramified
• disunited
• disjoined
• sundered
• dissevered
• unyoked

flush

2 of 3

noun

1

as in blush

a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)

looked for a flush on her cheeks as evidence of a fever

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blush
• color
• glow
• brightness
• bloom
• redness
• brilliance
• reddishness
• pinkness
• rosiness
• ruddiness
• sanguineness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• whiteness
• pallor
• paleness
• pastiness
• wanness
• greenness
• sallowness
• pallidness
• greenishness

2

as in bloom

a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement

was in the flush of his youth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bloom
• blooming
• prime
• flower
• blossom
• revival
• springtime
• heyday
• salad days
• florescence
• flowering
• pinnacle
• autumn
• high noon
• blossoming
• floruit
• efflorescence
• peak
• apex
• zenith
• golden age
• summit
• meridian
• climax
• recovery
• grandeur
• glory
• Indian summer
• acme
• splendor
• silver age
• belle epoque
• comeback

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decline
• decay
• bottom
• downfall
• nadir
• wilting
• withering
• shriveling

3

as in burst

a sudden intense expression of strong feeling

a flush of patriotic pride

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burst
• explosion
• flash
• outburst
• eruption
• blaze
• fit
• flare
• gush
• spasm
• gust
• gale
• storm
• agony
• paroxysm
• frenzy
• ebullition
• rage
• flare-up
• transport
• ecstasy
• tantrum
• rapture
• blowup
• delirium
• firestorm
• furor
• grouch

flush

3 of 3

verb

1

as in to rinse

to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse

use this cleaner to flush the drain in the sink

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rinse
• wash
• flood
• irrigate
• wash out
• sluice
• flow
• stream
• inundate
• swamp
• engulf
• gush
• soak
• saturate
• rush
• hose
• deluge
• splash
• drench
• douche
• douse
• slosh

2

as in to blush

to develop a rosy facial color (as from excitement or embarrassment)

he flushed deeply upon hearing the compliment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blush
• glow
• crimson
• turn color
• redden
• bloom
• color
• rouge
• ruddle
• humiliate
• disconcert
• incarnadine
• mortify
• faze
• embarrass
• abash
• discomfit
• chagrin

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flush

Adjective

More than eight in 10 voters support tapping the state’s flush coffers to bolster human service programs weakened by severe federal cutbacks, according to a new poll commissioned by Connecticut nonprofit social service agencies. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 Sep. 2026

This seats the tent low and flush with the mounting panels, which are slightly raised from the greater roof, creating a simple, low-profile two-story camper with discrete tent and pod sleeping spaces. — New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026

Noun

Better Bathroom Habits for Preventing Bacteria Spread While this information might seem scary, there’s no need to disinfect the whole room after every ordinary flush. — Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 20 Sep. 2026

But in his first flush of success in the late 1960s and early 1970s, his murallike tableaus of flowers, the cosmos and cartoonish figures -- all in vivid colors like turquoise, orange and neon green -- seemed to be everywhere. — Beth J. Harpaz The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026

Verb

The book offers creative ways to manage fear and negativity — like pretend-flushing your mistakes down the toilet — before, during and after a high-stakes task. — Lennon Sherburne, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026

Your Bowel Movements Help Remove Toxins The nutrients in pears support healthy bowel movements by keeping stools soft, which also encourages the removal of toxins by flushing out the digestive system. — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2026