HUSTLED Synonyms: 256 Similar and Opposite Words

hustled

verb

past tense of hustle

as in struggled

to devote serious and sustained effort everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule

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as in hurried

to proceed or move quickly we'd better hustle, or we'll miss the train

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as in squeezed

to rob by the use of trickery or threats a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change

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Recent Examples of hustled As bankers hustled behind closed doors to price the deal and reporters indicated a first price of as high as $175, SpaceX perp-traders on Hyperliquid were buying and selling futures as high as $180 around the opening bell and as low as $153 just before the first trade came in at $150. —

Oliver Renick, CNBC, 15 June 2026 The apparent charade lasted more than a minute before Wittman removed the phone from his face and hustled ahead of the reporter, ignoring questions the whole time. —

Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026 Devers, after a leadoff walk, hustled to third on Arraez’s single off Garcia’s glove at first. —

Cam Inman, Mercury News, 10 June 2026 Raised in a Hollywood household, with a TV writer dad and hitmaking songwriter sister, Todd skipped college, hustled on TikTok, signed to Columbia and toured with Omar Apollo. —

Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026 In a sense, bees went from wild foragers to shift workers, clocking in for bloom season as beekeepers hustled them from farm to farm. —

Literary Hub, 27 May 2026 Napoleon Solo hustled to first place at the 151st running of the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, coming out on top against 13 other horses in what is the race's biggest field in 15 years. —

CBS News, 16 May 2026 Dominguez hustled back to the wall and made a spectacular catch, but crashed incredibly hard into the wall. —

Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026 Caminero led off with a walk, then hustled to third when Aranda followed with a single. —

Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026

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Once her shots started to fall, the Sparks struggled to contain her.

— Jordan Puente, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
The group struggled to find relevance in the aftermath of Kath’s death, largely thanks to shifting musical tastes.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026