Synonyms of flushes

flushes 1 of 2

noun

plural of flush

1

as in blooms

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

was in the flush of his youth

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blooms
• blossoms
• flowers
• primes
• salad days
• springtimes
• florescences
• revivals
• floruits
• autumns
• heydays
• flowerings
• pinnacles
• apices
• high noons
• efflorescences
• climaxes
• recoveries
• Indian summers
• zeniths
• grandeurs
• golden ages
• meridians
• peaks
• summits
• splendors
• silver ages
• glories
• acmes
• belles époques
• apexes
• comebacks
• belle epoques

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• declines
• decays
• bottoms
• downfalls
• nadirs

2

as in bursts

a sudden intense expression of strong feeling

a flush of patriotic pride

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bursts
• explosions
• flashes
• outbursts
• eruptions
• blazes
• gusts
• gushes
• flares
• spasms
• gales
• fits
• paroxysms
• storms
• agonies
• frenzies
• rages
• ebullitions
• flare-ups
• tantrums
• transports
• raptures
• ecstasies
• blowups
• deliriums
• grouches
• firestorms
• furors

flushes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of flush

1

as in rinses

to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse

use this cleaner to flush the drain in the sink

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rinses
• washes
• floods
• irrigates
• sluices
• washes out
• flows
• gushes
• streams
• inundates
• engulfs
• rushes
• deluges
• soaks
• swamps
• saturates
• hoses
• drenches
• douches
• splashes
• sloshes
• douses
• dowses

2

as in blushes

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

he flushed deeply upon hearing the compliment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blushes
• glows
• reddens
• blooms
• turns color
• crimsons
• colors
• humiliates
• mortifies
• incarnadines
• rouges
• abashes
• disconcerts
• ruddles
• fazes
• embarrasses
• discomfits
• chagrins