Flush — Meaning, Definition & Synonyms

verb noun adjective adverb /ˈfləsh/

Meaning & Definition of Flush

Flush (verb)

  1. to fly away suddenly
  2. to cause (a bird) to flush
  3. to expose or chase from a place of concealment
  4. to flow and spread suddenly and freely
  5. to glow brightly
  6. blush
  7. to make flush

Flush (noun)

  1. a hand of playing cards all of the same suit; specifically, a poker hand containing five cards of the same suit but not in sequence
  2. a series of three or more slalom gates set vertically on a slope
  3. a sudden flow (as of water); also, a rinsing or cleansing with or as if with a flush of water
  4. a sudden increase or expansion; especially, sudden and usually abundant new plant growth
  5. a surge of emotion

Flush (adjective)

  1. of a ruddy healthy color
  2. full of life and vigor, lusty
  3. filled to overflowing

Flush (adverb)

  1. in a flush manner
  2. squarely

Flush (adjective) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

  1. having a healthy reddish skin tone

    "was flush after getting out of the hot bath"

    similar: blooming, florid, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine
    related: bronzed, brown, suntanned, tanned, bloomy, blowsy, blushing, flushed, pink, pinkish, warm, cherubic
    opposite: ashen, ashy, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, pale, paled, palish, pallid, pasty, peaked, peaky, sallow, sallowish, wan
    near: waxen, waxy, blanched, white, whitened, anemic, sick, sickly, bloodless, cadaverous, whey-faced, white-faced

  2. having a surface without bends, breaks, or irregularities

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

    similar: even, flat, level, plane, smooth
    related: exact, uniform, aligned, regular, true, horizontal, tabular, plumb, straight, vertical
    opposite: bumpy, coarse, lumpy, rough, uneven, unsmoothed
    near: inexact, irregular, unaligned, warped, undulating, undulatory, wavy, pitted, pockmarked, pocky

  3. having active strength of body or mind

    "a flush, healthy man of 65"

    similar: dynamic, energetic, gingery, lusty, peppy, red-blooded, robust, vigorous, vital
    related: animated, brisk, dashing, kinetic, lively, punchy, spirited, sprightly, vivacious, energized, enlivened, invigorated, vitalized, firm, fortified, mettlesome, mighty, powerful, puissant, strong, refreshed, rejuvenated, revitalized, able-bodied, athletic, beefy, brawny, burly, fit, hardy, husky, muscular, robustious, rugged, stalwart, stout, strapping, sturdy, tough, virile, hale, healthy, hearty, sound, capable, competent
    opposite: dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid
    near: delicate, effete, enervated, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, wan, weak, weakened, impotent, powerless, prostrate, prostrated, sapped, tired, indolent, lackadaisical, languid, lazy, invertebrate, nerveless, soft, spineless, wimpy, ill, unhealthy, unsound, unwell, broken-down, debilitated, decrepit, disabled, wasted, worn-out

  4. having goods, property, or money in abundance

    "she's very flush now that she has her inheritance"

    similar: affluent, deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, loaded, moneyed, opulent, rich, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-endowed, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do, in the chips
    related: better-off, comfortable, propertied, prosperous, substantial, successful, flourishing, prospering, thriving, advantaged, blessed, privileged
    opposite: destitute, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken
    near: unaffluent, deprived, disadvantaged, hand-to-mouth, underprivileged, bankrupt, bankrupted, beggared, broke, indebted, insolvent, pauperized, ruined, skint (chiefly British), depressed, pinched, reduced, straitened, low, short

  5. possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified

    "a field flush with flowers"

    similar: abounding, abundant, awash, fraught, lousy, replete, rife, swarming, teeming, thick, thronging
    related: brimming, bulging, bursting, chock-full, crammed, crowded, fat, filled, full, jammed, jam-packed, loaded, packed, saturated, stuffed, clogged, congested, overcrowded, overfilled, overflowing, overfull, overladen, overloaded, overstuffed, surfeited, alive, animated, astir, bustling, busy, buzzing, humming, lively
    near: bare, barren, blank, devoid, empty, stark, vacant, void, depleted, drained, exhausted, deficient, incomplete, insufficient, short

  6. having a border in common

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

    similar: abutting, adjacent, adjoining, bordering, conterminous, contiguous, flanking, fringing, joining, juxtaposed, neighboring, skirting, touching, verging
    related: approximate, close, closest, immediate, near, nearby, nearest, next-door, nigh, attached, communicating, connected, connecting, interconnecting, joined, linked, united, bounding, circumjacent, embracing, encircling, enclosing, fencing, rimming, surrounding, marginal, peripheral, tangent, tangential, ambient, encompassing
    opposite: nonadjacent, noncontiguous
    near: apart, detached, disconnected, discrete, free-standing, isolate, isolated, removed, separate, single, unattached, unconnected, unlinked, away, distant, far, faraway, far-off, farthest, remote, discontinuous, noncontinuous, broken up, disjoined, dissevered, dissociated, disunited, divided, divorced, parted, ramified, resolved, severed, split, sundered, uncoupled, unyoked

Flush (noun) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

  1. a rosy appearance (of the cheeks)

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

    similar: bloom, blush, color
    related: brightness, brilliance, glow, pinkness, reddishness, redness, rosiness, ruddiness, sanguineness
    near: paleness, pallidness, pallor, pastiness, wanness, whiteness, greenishness, greenness, sallowness

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

    "was in the flush of his youth"

    similar: bloom, blossom, florescence, floruit, flower, heyday, high noon, prime, salad days, springtime
    related: autumn, Indian summer, blooming, blossoming, efflorescence, flowering, acme, apex, climax, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith, glory, grandeur, splendor, belle epoque, golden age, silver age, comeback, recovery, revival
    near: decay, decline, downfall, bottom, nadir, shriveling, wilting, withering

  3. a sudden intense expression of strong feeling

    "a flush of patriotic pride"

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

Flush (verb) — Senses, Synonyms & Antonyms

  1. to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse

    "use this cleaner to flush the drain in the sink"

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

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

    "he flushed deeply upon hearing the compliment"

    similar: bloom, blush, color, crimson, glow, redden, turn color
    related: incarnadine, rouge, ruddle, abash, chagrin, discomfit, disconcert, embarrass, faze, humiliate, mortify

Synonyms, Thesaurus & Another Word for Flush

The most common words with a similar meaning to Flush:

blooming, florid, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine, even, flat, level, plane, smooth, dynamic, energetic, gingery, lusty, peppy, red-blooded, robust, vigorous, vital, affluent, deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, loaded, moneyed, opulent, rich, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-endowed, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do, abounding, abundant

Antonyms & Opposite Words for Flush

Words with the opposite meaning of Flush:

ashen, ashy, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, pale, paled, palish, pallid, pasty, peaked, peaky, sallow, sallowish, wan, bumpy, coarse, lumpy, rough, uneven, unsmoothed, dull, lethargic, listless, sluggish, torpid, destitute, impecunious, impoverished

Related Words for Flush

bronzed, brown, suntanned, tanned, bloomy, blowsy, blushing, flushed, pink, pinkish, warm, cherubic, exact, uniform, aligned, regular, true, horizontal, tabular, plumb, straight, vertical, animated, brisk, dashing, kinetic, lively, punchy, spirited, sprightly

Near Antonyms of Flush

waxen, waxy, blanched, white, whitened, anemic, sick, sickly, bloodless, cadaverous, whey-faced, white-faced, inexact, irregular, unaligned, warped, undulating, undulatory, wavy, pitted, pockmarked, pocky, delicate, effete, enervated, faint, feeble, frail, infirm, weak

Word Forms of Flush

Inflections: flushed, flushing, flushes

Derived words: flushness (noun)

Origin & Etymology of Flush

Middle English flusshen

First known use: 13th centuryi

Words & Phrases Containing Flush

four-flush, four flush, royal flush

Frequently Asked Questions about Flush

What does "Flush" mean?

"Flush" means to fly away suddenly. As an a verb, a noun, an adjective and an adverb, it is defined as: to fly away suddenly. It has 11 distinct senses.

What is another word for "Flush"?

Other words for "Flush" include blooming, florid, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund and ruddy. The best synonym depends on which meaning of "Flush" you intend.

What are different ways to say "Flush"?

There are 309 words and phrases with a similar meaning to "Flush". Common alternatives include blooming, florid, full-blooded, glowing, red, rosy, rubicund, ruddy, sanguine and even.

What is the opposite of "Flush"?

Antonyms of "Flush" include ashen, ashy, doughy, livid, lurid, mealy, pale and paled. Near antonyms include waxen, waxy, blanched and white.

How do you use "Flush" in a sentence?

Examples of "Flush" in a sentence: "was flush after getting out of the hot bath"; "the flush paneling on the door gives it a very plain and dull look"; "a flush, healthy man of 65".

Is "Flush" a noun, verb, or adjective?

"Flush" can be used as a verb, a noun, an adjective and an adverb, depending on the context.

How do you pronounce "Flush"?

"Flush" is pronounced /ˈfləsh/.

What is the origin of the word "Flush"?

"Flush" comes from Middle English flusshen. First known use: 13th centuryi.