Home › Words › D › downrushdownrushdownrush means A rushing down.EtymologyFrom down- + rush.nounA rushing down.verbTo rush down; rush downward.e.g.“[...] For there is death in the sound of it, and a glamorous fatality, like silver pennons downrushing at sunset, or a dying fall of horns along the road to Roncevaux.” — 1989, Michel Gresset, Fascination: Faulkner's fiction, 1919-1936:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.uprush 80% match — An upwards rush. vs downrush →uprushing 74% match — That uprushes or rushes upward. vs downrush →inrush 73% match — A crowding or flooding in. vs downrush →rushing 73% match — A rapid surging motion. vs downrush →onrush 71% match — A forceful rush or flow forward. vs downrush →backrush 70% match — A rushing backward; a retreat. vs downrush →onrushing 69% match — rushing or flowing forward vs downrush →outrush 68% match — To rush outward; to issue forcibly. vs downrush →