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bum

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of bum

of low quality
  • That was bum advice that you got from that salesperson.
Synonyms of bum

bad, bargain-basement, cheap, cheapjack, cheesy, coarse, common, cut-rate, execrable, gimcrack, inferior, junky, lousy, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, poor, rotten, rubbishy, schlock (or schlocky), second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, terrible, trashy, trumpery, wretched
Words Related to bum

useless, valueless, worthless

indifferent, lackluster, second-class

flashy, garish, gaudy, glitzy, kitsch, kitschy, meretricious, ostentatious, showy, splashy, swank (or swanky), tawdry

seedy, shabby, tacky

counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), sham

supercheap, ultracheap
Near Antonyms of bum

elegant, handsome, tasteful

handcrafted, polished, refined
Antonyms of bum

excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, good, high-grade, superior, top-notch
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bum

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bum

the part of the body upon which someone sits
  • slipped and fell on his bum
Synonyms of bum

backside, behind, bottom, breech, buns, butt, buttocks, can, cheeks, derriere (or derrière), duff, fanny, hams, haunches, hunkers, posterior, rear, rear end, rump, seat, tail, tail end
Words Related to bum

beam, stern
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bum

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bum

1 an idle worthless person
  • He set out to prove that he was not just a bum.
Synonyms of bum

derelict, do-nothing, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, no-account, no-good, slacker
Words Related to bum

hobo, tramp, vagabond

drifter, roamer, transient

beggar, panhandler

dodger, goldbrick, shirker

drone, idler, lazybones, loafer, slouch, slug, sluggard

down-and-out (or down-and-outer), indigent, pauper
Near Antonyms of bum

success, winner
2 a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living
  • I feel sorry for bums and occasionally give them money.
Synonyms of bum

hobo, tramp, vagabond, vagrant
Words Related to bum

drifter, roamer, transient

beggar, derelict, mendicant, panhandler

dodger, malingerer, shirker, slacker

gamine, ragamuffin, urchin, waif

bum

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bum

to spend time doing nothing
  • spent most of the summer just bumming around the house
Synonyms of bum

chill, dally, dawdle, dillydally, goof (off), hack (around), hang (around or out), idle, kick around, kick back, laze, lazy, loaf, loll, lounge, veg out
Words Related to bum

fiddle (around), fool, mess, monkey, muck, piddle, play, potter (around), putter (around), trifle

lag, linger, loiter, poke, relax, rest, tarry

amble, mosey, saunter, stroll
Phrases Synonymous with bum

kill time, twiddle one's thumbs
Near Antonyms of bum

drudge, grind, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg, plod, plow, plug, slave, sweat, toil, travail, work

apply, buckle (down)

exert, put out

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