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Synonyms for push for
verb allow, authorize- accept
- advocate
- agree
- authorize
- back
- certify
- confirm
- endorse
- establish
- license
- okay
- permit
- push for
- ratify
- recommend
- sanction
- sign
- support
- uphold
- accede
- accredit
- acquiesce
- affirm
- assent
- bless
- boost
- buy
- charter
- concur
- consent
- dig
- empower
- encourage
- groove
- maintain
- mandate
- pronounce
- seal
- second
- validate
- buy into
- get behind
- give go-ahead
- go along with
- hats off to
- lap up
- make law
- make valid
- sign off on
- stump for
- subscribe to
- thumbs up
Antonyms for push for
- contradict
- decline
- deny
- destroy
- disagree
- disallow
- disapprove
- discourage
- disprove
- dispute
- dissuade
- invalidate
- oppose
- protest
- refuse
- reject
- renounce
- repudiate
- veto
- condemn
- differ
- dissent
- object
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
approving
verb. allow, authorize
- accede
- accept
- accredit
- acquiesce
- advocate
- affirm
- agree
- assent
- authorize
- back
- bless
- boost
- buy
- buy into
- certify
- charter
- concur
- confirm
- consent
- dig
- empower
- encourage
- endorse
- establish
- get behind
- give go-ahead
- go along with
- groove
- hats off to
- lap up
- license
- maintain
- make law
- make valid
- mandate
- okay
- permit
- pronounce
- push for
- ratify
- recommend
- sanction
- seal
- second
- sign
- sign off on
- stump for
- subscribe to
- support
- thumbs up
- uphold
- validate
contend
verb. compete, fight
- argue
- battle
- clash
- confront
- contest
- controvert
- cope
- dispute
- emulate
- encounter
- face
- give all one's got
- give one's all
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for it
- go for jugular
- grapple
- have at
- jockey for position
- jostle
- knock oneself out
- litigate
- lock horns
- make play for
- meet
- mix it up with
- oppose
- oppugn
- push
- push for
- resist
- rival
- scramble for
- shoot at
- shoot for
- skirmish
- stand
- strive
- struggle
- tangle with
- tug
- vie
- withstand
contended
verb. compete, fight
- argue
- battle
- clash
- confront
- contest
- controvert
- cope
- dispute
- emulate
- encounter
- face
- give all one's got
- give one's all
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for it
- go for jugular
- grapple
- have at
- jockey for position
- jostle
- knock oneself out
- litigate
- lock horns
- make play for
- meet
- mix it up with
- oppose
- oppugn
- push
- push for
- resist
- rival
- scramble for
- shoot at
- shoot for
- skirmish
- stand
- strive
- struggle
- tangle with
- tug
- vie
- withstand
contending
verb. compete, fight
- argue
- battle
- clash
- confront
- contest
- controvert
- cope
- dispute
- emulate
- encounter
- face
- give all one's got
- give one's all
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for it
- go for jugular
- grapple
- have at
- jockey for position
- jostle
- knock oneself out
- litigate
- lock horns
- make play for
- meet
- mix it up with
- oppose
- oppugn
- push
- push for
- resist
- rival
- scramble for
- shoot at
- shoot for
- skirmish
- stand
- strive
- struggle
- tangle with
- tug
- vie
- withstand
contends
verb. compete, fight
- argue
- battle
- clash
- confront
- contest
- controvert
- cope
- dispute
- emulate
- encounter
- face
- give all one's got
- give one's all
- go after
- go for
- go for broke
- go for it
- go for jugular
- grapple
- have at
- jockey for position
- jostle
- knock oneself out
- litigate
- lock horns
- make play for
- meet
- mix it up with
- oppose
- oppugn
- push
- push for
- resist
- rival
- scramble for
- shoot at
- shoot for
- skirmish
- stand
- strive
- struggle
- tangle with
- tug
- vie
- withstand
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.