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bummer

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bummer

1 something (as a situation or event) that is depressing

  • boy, breaking your leg right before vacation is a bummer
Synonyms of bummer

down, downer
Words Related to bummer

bore, drag

accident, fatality, mishap, woe

calamity, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), misfortune, tragedy
Near Antonyms of bummer

pick-me-up, trip
Antonyms of bummer

upper

2 something that disappoints

  • the cancellation of the holiday office party was a total bummer
Synonyms of bummer

bringdown, disappointment, letdown
Words Related to bummer

anticlimax, failure, fiasco, fizzle

lemon, loser
Near Antonyms of bummer

success, winner

relief

3 something that has failed

  • that new start-up company proved to be a real bummer
Synonyms of bummer

bomb, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washout
Words Related to bummer

also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss

botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles

nonevent

nonstarter
Near Antonyms of bummer

corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon
Antonyms of bummer

blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner

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bummer

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bummer

a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living

  • a lifelong bummer, he never knew the satisfaction of having to work for a living
Synonyms of bummer

bindle stiff, bum, hobo, sundowner [Australian], swaggie [chiefly Australian], swagman [chiefly Australian], tramp, vagabond, vagrant
Words Related to bummer

drifter, roamer, transient

beggar, derelict, mendicant, panhandler, stiff

dodger, malingerer, shirker, slacker

gamine, ragamuffin, urchin, waif

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