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 Quickly, the house lights come up, and Lay and family are hustled backstage to get reacquainted. — Joan Kron, Allure, 28 Sep. 2026 Her mother hustled her to hospital, only for the doctors to realize Accurso’s active imagination had left her in the same predicament as Madeline’s friends. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026 In the press box, Ravens assistants hustled downstairs to join the celebration. — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Who hasn’t hustled out into the backyard to mimic their sports heroes? — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2026 David was an underdog, often underlooked in the Bay Area music scene, but was never afraid to give free ideas and unwavering support without expectation ever … David and I hustled. — Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026 While Dan Ficke hustled around taking drink orders, a throwback to his college days working at the parlor, another line extended back from the to-go counter. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2026 Facing questions about a totally different set of Piker comments, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hustled into an elevator. — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2026 Devers, who hustled into third, then scored on a sacrifice fly by Turner Hill. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026

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Advertisement Ramaswamy has also struggled to navigate his identity as a Hindu and the son of immigrants from India in the modern GOP.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
After the raid, his daughter struggled with recurring nightmares, the lawsuit said.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of struggled

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In Malabo, Bioko’s biggest city, a team of men and women equipped with insecticide sprayers squeezed between low-rise cement buildings on a recent morning, as heavy rain drummed on aluminum roofs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2026
Elevated borrowing rates and refinancing challenges (registration required) have squeezed an already difficult landscape for development financing.

— Jill Jones, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of squeezed

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Democratic politicians, bureaucrats and labor leaders, once rabble-rousers like Bass who nowadays seem to exist mostly to keep their sinecure, have labored mightily to convince unbelieving voters that Bass deserves another shot.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
The circumstances of Saint Michael’s help while the pilgrim labored and delivered in the ocean were markedly different from those in the miracle ascribed to the Virgin.

— Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of labored

Verb

The Off Campus duo, Emma Watson, Hunter Schafer, Chase Infiniti, and Tyriq Withers, who all scurried off together to continue the already-memorable night elsewhere.

— Kelsey Stewart, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2026
Daniels also could have scurried to his feet and spiked the ball because there were seven seconds remaining when he was tackled.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of scurried

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During fall, a train window serves as the perfect perch for leaf-peeping in river valleys aglow in crimson and gold or passing through small towns that look like they’ve been plucked from a Hallmark movie.

— Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 15 Oct. 2026
As the party winded down, guests plucked final bites off silver platters and marveled at how tall Skarsgård truly is in person—his nearly six-foot-five frame barely fit under the bar’s low ceilings.

— Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of plucked

Verb

That pushes marketers toward ideas that have worked before, which is why, Smith says, so many ads look alike.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
To crack the uncrackable, Rittmann’s team worked alongside collaborators from Rice University, Tongji University, the National University of Singapore, and Nanjing University.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026

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