pushy
/ˈpʊʃ.i/adjective
pushy is spelled P-U-S-H-Y: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, pushy means “Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in pushy?
| Letters | 5: P-U-S-H-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,918th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is pushy?
Pushy appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,918th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce pushy?
- US /ˈpʊʃ.i/
Pushy has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pushy.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with pushy
Sounds like: pushie (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with pushy?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as pushy from its last stressed vowel (/ʊʃi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of pushy
- pushier comparative
- pushiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does pushy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pushy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense overly assertive, bold, or determined:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ambitieux, arriviste |
| German | aggressiv, aufdringlich, zudringlich |
| Spanish | prepotente, avasallador, empujador, empujante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pushy come from?
From push + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).