Synonyms of bum

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adjective

as in poor

of low quality

that was bum advice that you got from that website

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poor
• cheap
• terrible
• rotten
• bad
• inferior
• coarse
• worthless
• miserable
• wretched
• common
• useless
• crappy
• low-rent
• mediocre
• lousy
• low-grade
• junky
• sleazy
• rubbishy
• trashy
• shoddy
• cheesy
• fake
• second-rate
• counterfeit
• execrable
• cheapjack
• gimcrack
• schlock
• trumpery
• cut-rate
• bargain-basement
• valueless
• indifferent
• tawdry
• second-class
• shabby
• seedy
• lackluster
• swank
• gaudy
• showy
• flashy
• garish
• tacky
• meretricious
• el cheapo
• glitzy
• kitsch
• kitschy
• ostentatious
• splashy
• sham
• phony
• brummagem
• ultracheap
• supercheap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• good
• fine
• superior
• excellent
• first-class
• high-grade
• handsome
• elegant
• first-rate
• tasteful
• top-notch
• polished
• refined
• handcrafted

bum

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noun (1)

ˈbəm 

as in cheeks

the part of the body upon which someone sits

I decided to get off my bum and get some exercise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheeks
• seat
• tail
• rump
• butt
• bottom
• fanny
• backside
• buttocks
• posterior
• rear
• behind
• buns
• tush
• booty
• duff
• caboose
• haunches
• rear end
• heinie
• derriere
• tail end
• hams
• nates
• breech
• fundament
• keister
• beam
• can
• stern
• hunkers
• moon

bum

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noun (2)

1

as in hobo

an idle worthless person

if you expect an allowance, you have to do some chores and stop being such a bum

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hobo
• beggar
• derelict
• no-account
• good-for-nothing
• dodger
• do-nothing
• slacker
• vagrant
• tramp
• no-good
• no-goodnik
• ne'er-do-well
• drifter
• transient
• panhandler
• vagabond
• urchin
• waif
• shirker
• slouch
• roamer
• loafer
• pauper
• idler
• ragamuffin
• slug
• sundowner
• lazybones
• indigent
• down-and-out
• sluggard
• goldbrick
• drone
• gamine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• success
• winner

2

as in beggar

a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living

I feel sorry for bums and occasionally give them money

Synonyms & Similar Words

• beggar
• hobo
• tramp
• vagabond
• transient
• vagrant
• swaggie
• swagman
• derelict
• sundowner
• drifter
• bindle stiff
• bummer
• dodger
• panhandler
• mendicant
• roamer
• stiff
• urchin
• shirker
• waif
• slacker
• ragamuffin
• malingerer
• gamine

bum

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verb

as in to lazy

to spend time doing nothing

spent most of the summer just bumming around the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lazy
• lounge
• loaf
• idle
• rest
• laze
• kick back
• relax
• chill
• veg out
• kill time
• goof (off)
• loll
• play
• stroll
• poke
• dawdle
• hang (around or out)
• hack (around)
• muck
• hang about
• monkey
• drone
• dillydally
• mess
• footle
• piddle
• kick around
• fool
• twiddle one's thumbs
• linger
• dally
• trifle
• estivate
• fiddle (around)
• doze
• saunter
• loiter
• potter (around)
• swan
• hibernate
• lag
• putter (around)
• amble
• mosey
• goldbrick
• malinger
• truant
• tarry
• furlough

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slave
• work
• plow
• sweat
• hustle
• plug
• labor
• grind
• toil
• plod
• hump
• peg
• apply
• grub
• buckle (down)
• drudge
• travail
• put out
• exert
• moil

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bum

Noun

Darnold’s MRIs, meanwhile, have ruled out a fracture in that bum hip. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2026

Within the often zany and slapstick realm of Bob’s Burgers, Tina still manages to steal the show with her singular voice, romantic fantasies, and obsessions with unicorns and boy bums. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026

Verb

Great, for once the Leafs won’t bum me out! — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 26 June 2026

Yet with these new songs out in the world, the three musicians don’t seem particularly bummed not to have their old ones in ready circulation. — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026

Phrases Containing bum

• bum (out)