Hold and Push

Opposite meaning words

Hold verb - To have or keep in one's hands.

Show all Definitions

Push is an antonym for hold.

Nearby Words: holding, holder, holdback

Push verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.

Show all Definitions

Hold is an antonym for push in thrust topic.

Nearby Words: pushed, pushy, pushover, pushing, pusher

emotional	emotional hold	emotional push
good	good hold	good push
solid	solid hold	solid push
original	original hold	original push
Other adjectives: single, simple, small, strong, powerful, actual, entire, massive, large, big, huge, little, main, final, additional, last, bigger, biggest, stronger.

power	hold power	push power
people	hold people	push people
body	hold body	push body
line	hold line	push line
Other words: time, way, door, ball, items, button, objects.

This sequence is extremely difficult, because the game asks you to push and hold the buttons in a non-standard sequence (R1, X, L2, Triangle, R2, Square, etc), which means that by the time you reach the seventh button, you're probably out of fingers unless you knew in advance what buttons to push.

Source: Some Dexterity Required
They can simply press the + button to join, or push and hold the - button to drop out.

Source: Drop-In-Drop-Out Multiplayer
However, even though HerculesKabuterimon is able to hold the Digimon enough to push them back into the distortion, none of them got to the backup port in time.

Source: Anime / Digimon Adventure tri.

Cite this Source

Push and Hold. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hold/push

Hold & Push. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hold/push>.

Push or Hold. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hold/push.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "hold" and "push" have occurred on timeline