STUMP Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

stump 1 of 2

verb

as in to shuffle

to move heavily or clumsily the seemingly endless parade finally ended, and the drummers and tuba players stumped wearily to their buses

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as in to dare

to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat when my grandfather was a kid, he and his friends would stump one another to dive into the local swimming hole

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stump

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noun

as in residue

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whole

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Verb

Trump just visited the solidly conservative state of Montana to stump for GOP Senate candidate Tim Sheehy last week, and is holding a rally in battleground Pennsylvania over the weekend. —

Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2024 For more than a year, Kemper has been traveling across the country with his wife, Brittany, and their children, handing out pro-Kennedy flyers, blasting music, and stumping for Kennedy. —

Makena Kelly, WIRED, 29 Aug. 2024

Noun

With Covid-19 again on the upswing and amid an ongoing measles outbreak, the former president is taking aim at school vaccine requirements from the campaign stump, promising to defund the districts that mandate students receive certain vaccines. —

Dylan Scott, Vox, 14 Aug. 2024 Two police officers in Pennsylvania have been recognized for saving a man's life after his leg was severed in a stump grinder accident in June. —

Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 22 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for stump

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