push – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of push

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to push sb around
Participle: pushed sb around
Gerund: pushing sb around

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ipush sb around
youpush sb around
he;she;itpushes sb around
wepush sb around
youpush sb around
theypush sb around

Perfect

Ihave pushed sb around
youhave pushed sb around
he;she;ithas pushed sb around
wehave pushed sb around
youhave pushed sb around
theyhave pushed sb around

Past

Ipushed sb around
youpushed sb around
he;she;itpushed sb around
wepushed sb around
youpushed sb around
theypushed sb around

Pluperfect

Ihad pushed sb around
youhad pushed sb around
he;she;ithad pushed sb around
wehad pushed sb around
youhad pushed sb around
theyhad pushed sb around

Future

Iwill push sb around
youwill push sb around
he;she;itwill push sb around
wewill push sb around
youwill push sb around
theywill push sb around

Future Perfect

Iwill have pushed sb around
youwill have pushed sb around
he;she;itwill have pushed sb around
wewill have pushed sb around
youwill have pushed sb around
theywill have pushed sb around

Subjunctive

Present

Ipush sb around
youpush sb around
he;she;itpush sb around
wepush sb around
youpush sb around
theypush sb around

Perfect

Ihave pushed sb around
youhave pushed sb around
he;she;ithave pushed sb around
wehave pushed sb around
youhave pushed sb around
theyhave pushed sb around

Imperfect

Ipushed sb around
youpushed sb around
he;she;itpushed sb around
wepushed sb around
youpushed sb around
theypushed sb around

Pluperfect

Ihad pushed sb around
youhad pushed sb around
he;she;ithad pushed sb around
wehad pushed sb around
youhad pushed sb around
theyhad pushed sb around

Conditional

Present

Iwould push sb around
youwould push sb around
he;she;itwould push sb around
wewould push sb around
youwould push sb around
theywould push sb around

Perfect

Iwould have pushed sb around
youwould have pushed sb around
he;she;itwould have pushed sb around
wewould have pushed sb around
youwould have pushed sb around
theywould have pushed sb around

Imperative

youpush sb around
weLet's push sb around
youpush sb around

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam pushing sb around
youare pushing sb around
he;she;itis pushing sb around
weare pushing sb around
youare pushing sb around
theyare pushing sb around

Perfect

Ihave been pushing sb around
youhave been pushing sb around
he;she;ithas been pushing sb around
wehave been pushing sb around
youhave been pushing sb around
theyhave been pushing sb around

Past

Iwas pushing sb around
youwere pushing sb around
he;she;itwas pushing sb around
wewere pushing sb around
youwere pushing sb around
theywere pushing sb around

Pluperfect

Ihad been pushing sb around
youhad been pushing sb around
he;she;ithad been pushing sb around
wehad been pushing sb around
youhad been pushing sb around
theyhad been pushing sb around

Future

Iwill be pushing sb around
youwill be pushing sb around
he;she;itwill be pushing sb around
wewill be pushing sb around
youwill be pushing sb around
theywill be pushing sb around

Future Perfect

Iwill have been pushing sb around
youwill have been pushing sb around
he;she;itwill have been pushing sb around
wewill have been pushing sb around
youwill have been pushing sb around
theywill have been pushing sb around

Conditional

Present

Iwould be pushing sb around
youwould be pushing sb around
he;she;itwould be pushing sb around
wewould be pushing sb around
youwould be pushing sb around
theywould be pushing sb around

Perfect

Iwould have been pushing sb around
youwould have been pushing sb around
he;she;itwould have been pushing sb around
wewould have been pushing sb around
youwould have been pushing sb around
theywould have been pushing sb around

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'push'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'push'

bush, dush, gush, hush, lush, mush, pash, pish, pus, rush,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

motivate, provide an incentive for
drive, incentivize, motivate, urge
shove
force, propulsion, thrust, bearing
urge
drive, inspire, impel, prod, persuade, promote, press

Antonyms

transitive: to satisfy the needs or wishes of; to give free reign to
drive, indulge, work
urge
restrain, inhibit, repress, discourage

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1300, from O.Fr. poulser, from L. pulsare "to beat, strike, push," frequentative of pellere (pp. pulsus) "to push, drive, beat" (see pulse (1)). The noun is first recorded 1570. Meaning "approach a certain age" is from 1937. Meaning "promote" (1714) led to pusher "peddler of illegal drugs," first recorded 1935 in prison slang (earlier it meant "prostitute," 1923). Pushy "forward, aggressive" first recorded 1936. To push (someone) around is from 1923. Phrase push comes to shove is from 1958; to push (one's) luck is from 1911. To push the envelope in figurative sense is late 1980s. Push-up, the exercise, is from 1906; to push up daisies "be dead and buried" is from c.1860. Push-button (n.) is from 1898; adj. sense "characterized by the use of push-buttons" is from 1946.
2. From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare (“to beat, strike”), frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus). Doublet of pulsate and pulse (verb). Partly displaced native Old English sċūfan, whence Modern English shove. See: Latin 'pulsare'.

Verbs referencing "push"

Spanish pujar, Sranan pusu, Galician puxar, Spanish puchar, Papiamento pusha, Dutch pushen, German, old spelling pushen, Korean 푸시하다.

Sample Sentences

  • [...] Eliza's child, too ! I know that I shall have some fuss with wife about that; and, for that matter, about Tom, too. So much for being in debt,—heigho ! The fellow sees his advantage, and means to push it. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Get along wid ye ! ” said the mother, pushing away their woolly heads. “ Ye'll all stick together, and never get clar, if ye do dat fashion. Go long to de spring and wash yerselves ! ” she said, seconding her exhortations by a slap, which [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • Aunt Chloe, having thus saved appearances, seemed highly delighted to push the thing under, saying, as she did so, “ Well, mebbe ’ t will do ’ em some good. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ And now, ” said Eliza, as she stood in the door, “ I saw my husband only this afternoon, and I little knew then what was to come. They have pushed him to the very last standing place, and he told me, today, that he was going to run away. Do try, if you can, to get word to him. Tell him how I went, and why I went; and tell him I 'm going to try [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] ” and coughed several times, took out his pocket-handkerchief, and began to wipe his glasses. Mrs. Bird, seeing the defenceless condition of the enemy's territory, had no more conscience than to push her advantage. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] met the ear of the auctioneer. Anxious, half-frightened, he looked from side to side, as he heard the clatter of contending bids,—now here, now there,—till the hammer fell. Haley had got him. He was pushed from the block toward his new master, but stopped one moment, and looked back, when his poor old mother, trembling in every limb, held out her shaking hands toward him. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ Now ! ” said Haley, pushing his three purchases together, and producing a bundle of handcuffs, which he proceeded to put on their wrists; and fastening each handcuff to a long chain, he drove them before him to the jail. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ What's little missy's name ? ” said Tom, at last, when he thought matters were ripe to push such an inquiry. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ That's a clever fellow, now, ” said he. “ Well, the carriage is waiting, and the crowd are now off, so that one can walk out in a decent and Christian manner, and not be pushed and shoved. Here, ” he added to a driver who stood behind him, “ take these things. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] very clean and good a one, that the managers of the jaunt resolved to return to it and put up there for the night, if possible. This course decided on, and the horses being well refreshed, we again pushed forward, and came upon the Prairie at sunset. (American Notes for General Circulation)