Synonyms for jostle
ˈdʒɒs əljos·tle

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1. jostle

   Synonyms:
   hustle, push, thrust, jog, jolt, incommode

   Antonyms:
   clear, lead, extricate, convoy, escort, precede, pilot, attend

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1. jostle, jostlingverb

   the act of jostling (forcing your way by pushing)

   Synonyms:
   jostling

2. jostleverb

   make one's way by jostling, pushing, or shoving

   "We had to jostle our way to the front of the platform"

   Synonyms:
   shove

3. jostle, shoveverb

   come into rough contact with while moving

   "The passengers jostled each other in the overcrowded train"

   Synonyms:
   thrust, stuff, shove, squeeze

Matched Categories

1. • Push
   • Work

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1. jostleverb

   Synonyms:
   [Written also Justle.] collide, strike against, hit against

2. jostleverb

   Synonyms:
   shake (by hitting), joggle

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1. Don DeLillo:

   If we are on the outside, we assume a conspiracy is the perfect working of a scheme. Silent nameless men with unadorned hearts. A conspiracy is everything that ordinary life is not. It's the inside game, cold, sure, undistracted, forever closed off to us. We are the flawed ones, the innocents, trying to make some rough sense of the daily jostle. Conspirators have a logic and a daring beyond our reach. All conspiracies are the same taut story of men who find coherence in some criminal act.

2. Joseph Heller:

   I wanted to let the chaotic energy and that kaleidoscopic sense of a mad jostle remain, but I cleaned up the chronology so that all of our characters could actually grow emotionally as the series progressed.

3. Jerry Kang:

   With new [designs] entering the marketplace next year to entice consumers, smartphone manufacturers will find themselves locked in a fierce battle with one another as they jostle to win market share for their new smartphone models featuring dual-edge curved and foldable AMOLED displays.