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Synonyms for bump
bʌmpbump

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bumpnoun

    a lump on the body caused by a blow

    Synonyms:
    protrusion, extrusion, hump, excrescence, blow, protuberance, prominence, swelling, gibbousness, jut, gibbosity, bulge

  2. bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescencenoun

    something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

    "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"

    Synonyms:
    swelling, lump, expulsion, protrusion, prominence, gibbousness, jut, jutting, intumescence, extrusion, bulge, projection, protuberance, gibbosity, intumescency, blow, puffiness, hump, excrescence

  3. blow, bumpverb

    an impact (as from a collision)

    "the bump threw him off the bicycle"

    Synonyms:
    swelling, nose candy, reversal, setback, gibbousness, jut, snow, coke, shock, extrusion, black eye, bulge, reverse, protuberance, gibbosity, puff, protrusion, blow, gust, prominence, hump, blast, excrescence

  4. bump, knockverb

    knock against with force or violence

    "My car bumped into the tree"

    Synonyms:
    criticise, encounter, happen, chance, relegate, rap, tap, pink, knock, demote, break, kick downstairs, ping, find, pick apart, criticize, strike hard, dislodge

  5. find, happen, chance, bump, encounterverb

    come upon, as if by accident; meet with

    "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

    Synonyms:
    line up, detect, recover, kick downstairs, find oneself, befall, take chances, get, get hold, run across, gamble, demote, fall out, find, pass off, retrieve, hazard, knock, rule, notice, meet, chance, determine, see, find out, come about, come up, play, take a chance, encounter, materialize, happen, go on, receive, feel, occur, risk, pass, incur, take place, come across, bechance, observe, run into, adventure, witness, dislodge, run a risk, ascertain, relegate, take on, hap, break, regain, obtain, materialise, discover

  6. bumpverb

    dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward

    "bump and grind"

    Synonyms:
    kick downstairs, encounter, find, chance, dislodge, knock, demote, happen, break, relegate

  7. demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairsverb

    assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

    "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

    Synonyms:
    crack, bar, give way, violate, break dance, give out, unwrap, fall apart, collapse, die, classify, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, split, give away, damp, smash, happen, knock, interrupt, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, soften, reveal, divulge, pause, let on, get around, bust, wear out, cave in, encounter, break-dance, check, break up, breach, break in, give, split up, chance, better, burst, go bad, break off, disclose, find, erupt, recrudesce, submit, go against, dampen, break down, break away, fall in, let out, conk out, ruin, kick downstairs, part, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, expose, break, banish, discontinue, intermit, dislodge, wear, pass on

  8. dislodge, bumpverb

    remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

    "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

    Synonyms:
    demote, kick downstairs, knock, shift, chance, dislodge, encounter, free, reposition, happen, break, relegate, find

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bumpnoun

    Synonyms:
    thump, knock, blow

  2. bumpnoun

    Synonyms:
    swelling, protuberance

  3. bumpnoun

    Synonyms:
    [colloquial, in allusion to the doctrine of phrenology that protuberances on the skull indicate faculties of the mind.] Faculty, power, endowment, gift

  4. bumpverb

    Synonyms:
    knock, thump, strike, hit

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bumpnoun

    Synonyms:
    protuberance, prominence, lump, nodule, swelling

  2. bumpverb

    Synonyms:
    jolt, jounce, thump

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "bump":

    hump, damper

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How to use bump in a sentence?

  1. Terry Gou:

    If I bump into him I'll tell him about the progress.

  2. Mike Bates:

    It's important fans understand that security this year has really been ramped up, security has always been good out here but with the increase in people we thought it was our due diligence to bump those up.

  3. Paul Dergarabedian:

    I dont think this is a mandate against live-action remakes. But sometimes when you dont have the reviews, it can affect it, for Disney, the bar is set so high. This is just a little speed bump on what is already a spectacular year for Disney.

  4. Joely Attwater:

    Having a baby is high on Tom’s bucket list and we’re both thrilled, but it’s bittersweet as Tom knows he won’t be around to see our little bump grow up. I still feel in denial about that, but at the very top of Tom’s bucket list is raising the money for Kelli. Tom is the love of my life and my hero.

  5. Matt Alt:

    In a nutshell, they're the things that go bump in Japan's night.


Translations for bump

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

  • цицина, издутина, сблъскванеBulgarian
  • bouleCzech
  • Beule, Schlag, Stoß, Plumps, Unebenheit, Delle, Bodenwelle, BumsGerman
  • cototo, chichón, tolondro, bultoSpanish
  • دست اندازPersian
  • bumppausFinnish
  • bosse, bourrade, ballon, saillie, boumFrench
  • gnocco, botta, gonfiore, bozzo, protuberanza, pancione, colpettoItalian
  • מַכָּהHebrew
  • kulNorwegian
  • buil, botsing, bultDutch
  • kulNorwegian Nynorsk
  • łup, bum, brzuch, stłuczka, wybój, guzPolish
  • galo, estrondo, saliência, protuberância, inchaçoPortuguese
  • удар, шишка, столкновение, выпуклость, ухаб, колдобина, опухольRussian
  • čvorugaSerbo-Croatian
  • vuruş, tümsek, küt, yumru, çarpma, şişlik, şişTurkish

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