pushers
Illicit substance vendors
Pushers is the plural of pusher—someone or something that pushes.
A pusher is commonly a drug dealer: The cops rounded up pushers on the corner.
In aviation, a pusher is an aircraft with the propeller behind the engine.
A pusher can also be a utensil helping small children guide food onto a spoon, or anyone aggressively promoting something: pushers of conspiracy theories.
One who sells goods
- peddlerRoving small-goods merchant
- supplierSource of goods
- traffickerIllegal goods dealer
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
narcotics · heroin · cocaine · meth · fentanyl · opioids · kingpin · smuggler
Vehicle for hauling
- dollyWheeled moving platform
- trolleyWheeled cart or railcar
- handcartManual two-wheeled vehicle
- wheelbarrowOne-wheeled carrying cart
barrow · tug · shover · conveyor · loader · mover · handler · ramp
Paid legislative influencer
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- promoterOne who organizes events
- salespersonOne who moves merchandise
marketer · propagandist · spokesperson · influencer · pundit · ambassador · proselytizer · evangelist
Infant wheeled conveyance
- buggyHorse-drawn cart
- babyVery young child
- carriageWheeled passenger vehicle
- wheelsCircular rotation devices
handle · toddler · parent · sidewalk · folding · jogging · umbrella · bassinet
One who heartens others
- inspirerOne who stirs others
- driverVehicle operator
- catalystAgent enabling change
- sparkTiny fiery particle
booster · champion · supporter · mentor · coach · cheerleader · promoter · enabler
Habitual intimidator
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
- domineeringAggressively asserting control
- coerciveUsing pressure to compel
- intimidatingInspiring fear or unease
manipulator · steamroller · bulldozer · arm-twister · badgerer · hound · nag · pesterer
dealer
One who sells goods
- peddlerRoving small-goods merchant
- supplierSource of goods
- traffickerIllegal goods dealer
cartel · narcotics · heroin · cocaine · meth · fentanyl · opioids · kingpin · smuggler · distributor
cart
Vehicle for hauling
wheelbarrow · barrow · tug · shover · conveyor · loader · mover · handler · ramp · platform
lobbyist
Paid legislative influencer
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- campaignerOne who advocates publicly
- promoterOne who organizes events
salesperson · marketer · propagandist · spokesperson · influencer · pundit · ambassador · proselytizer · evangelist · booster
pram
Infant wheeled conveyance
wheels · handle · toddler · parent · sidewalk · folding · jogging · umbrella · bassinet · infant
encourager
One who heartens others
spark · booster · champion · supporter · mentor · coach · cheerleader · promoter · enabler · empowerer
bully
Habitual intimidator
- forcefulExerting strong pressure
- domineeringAggressively asserting control
- coerciveUsing pressure to compel
intimidating · manipulator · steamroller · bulldozer · arm-twister · badgerer · hound · nag · pesterer · harasser
- theater crewstagehand, stagehands, stage hand, stage manager, stage managers
- bad influenceswrong crowd, peer pressure, bad habits, enablers, manipulators
- watchmakingloupe, chronograph, tweezers, screwdriver, perpetual calendar
- drug traffickersdrug dealers, drug lords, traffickers, narcos, kingpins
- supportersfan, patron, supporters, backers, backer
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
pushersresisters
Those who actively oppose
abstainers · refusers · dissuaders · discouragers · deterrers
- pushed backDeferred or resisted
- pushed aroundCoerced through intimidation
- pushed awayThrust to distance
- pushed throughAdvanced despite opposition
- pushed asideMoved out of position
- pushed onContinued with determination