BUMMERS Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun (1)

plural of bummer

as in downs

something (as a situation or event) that is depressing boy, breaking your leg right before vacation is a bummer

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as in disappointments

something that disappoints the cancellation of the holiday office party was a total bummer

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as in disasters

something that has failed that new start-up company proved to be a real bummer

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bummers

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noun (2)

plural of bummer

as in beggars

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

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Noun

That was one of my biggest takeaways — and bummers — from my conversation with Chris Barker, an epidemiology professor at UC Davis who has studied mosquitoes for almost 30 years, including at his lab. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2026 By San Diego standards, this saga stands as one of the weirder bummers involving a professional sports team and one of its stars. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026 Short riding range and frequent, lengthy charging stops have been big bummers for electric motorcycles. — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Jan. 2026

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Noun

But the Hurricanes forced a turnover on downs in the red zone, keeping the Demon Deacons at bay.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
JSerra converted on three fourth downs in the second half Friday, allowing the Lions to battle back from a seven-point, first-half deficit to beat host Bishop Amat 37-28.

— Joel Beers, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

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There were five five-star QBs in that class, of which only one, Texas’s Arch Manning, remains at his original school, and two, Jackson Arnold and Malachi Nelson, have been major disappointments.

— Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Earnings disappointments led to our exits from Procter & Gamble and Dover .

— Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of disappointments

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If college is defined by unbelievable disasters that become lifelong stories, then this singular tale of friendship is forged in the aftermath of connecting through a very public mistake.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026
Deforestation contributes to erosion, damages biodiverse areas, threatens wildlife and humans who rely on the forest, and intensifies disasters from extreme weather.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of disasters

Noun

Caldecott Tunnel was first opened in 1937 with two bores containing two lanes each going opposite directions.

— Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026
Some resorts in the Mamanuca Islands are set to lose entire wings to the sea in the coming years, and drinking water in villages is already being infiltrated by salt from seawater seeping into ground bores.

— MIchelle Duff, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2026

Definition of bores

Noun

Alpha has achieved several successful launches, but setbacks and failures have kept Firefly from establishing a routine launch cadence.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Sep. 2026
The convention, a novelty that doesn’t involve the party business typical of a gathering in a presidential year, is expected to contrast what the party sees as GOP wins, with Trump at the helm, against Democratic failures.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of failures

Noun

The former, in which Burnett and Hamilton did a song-and-dance routine as Dust Bowl-era hobos, marked the first of several times that the two performed together.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
From oversized, slouchy hobos to structured East-West silhouettes and laptop-ready work totes, this season’s best suede bags deliver a luxurious polish that will elevate every fall wardrobe.

— Lauren Alexis Fisher, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025

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To avert future calamities, the forest outside Bordeaux must be thinned and its fire breaks widened, said Arthur Guérin-Turcq, a Sorbonne University geographer whose family cultivates pines near Le Porge.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Indeed, conflict and calamities are major factors in financial repression.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2026

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