All onrush synonyms

noun onrush

• surge — a strong, wavelike, forward movement, rush, or sweep: the onward surge of an angry mob.
• rush — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
• wave — a member of the Waves.
• tide — the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
• deluge — A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time.
• flood — a great flowing or overflowing of water, especially over land not usually submerged.
• attack — To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
• avalanche — An avalanche is a large mass of snow that falls down the side of a mountain.
• blitz — If a city or building is blitzed during a war, it is attacked by bombs dropped by enemy aircraft.
• charge — If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
• dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
• flow — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
• flux — a flowing or flow.
• haste — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
• hastiness — moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
• hurriedness — The state of being hurried.
• hurry — to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
• onslaught — an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
• push — to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
• race — Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
• scramble — to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.
• stampede — a sudden, frenzied rush or headlong flight of a herd of frightened animals, especially cattle or horses.
• storm — Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ˈteɪ ɔˌdɔr ˈvɔlt sən/ (Show IPA), 1817–88, German poet and novelist.
• stream — a body of water flowing in a channel or watercourse, as a river, rivulet, or brook. Synonyms: rill, run, streamlet, runnel.
• swiftness — moving or capable of moving with great speed or velocity; fleet; rapid: a swift ship.