BUMMING Synonyms: 71 Similar and Opposite Words

bumming

verb

present participle of bum

as in lounging

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

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Recent Examples of bumming Spring cleaning bumming you out? — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026 That’s what was bumming him out. — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025 To be this close over and over is really bumming me out. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for bumming

Verb

The beach was packed, many vacationers lounging near the turquoise waters when the drone slammed into the white sand and burst into a fireball.

— Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026
The 59-year-old actress posed topless while lounging by the pool during her Fiji Islands getaway with Van Hunt.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of lounging

Verb

Kids who used to run to the field excited to play, suddenly started loafing to the field wearing their crocs with their heads buried in their phones.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
The pair had been loafing for some time among a grove of apple trees on a private residence in Payson.

— Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026

Definition of loafing

Verb

The sense of just how much there is to do in this part of the world—the length of the scale between lazing and becoming ultra-active—is palpable.

— Lauren Keith, Robb Report, 30 May 2026
Its clear, shallow waters were pleasant to wade into after lazing under one of the scrubby trees on the sand.

— Lucy Handley, CNBC, 15 Nov. 2025

Definition of lazing

Verb

And over the course of the last four days, Storrie and Williams have been spotted not once, not twice, but three times, each time strolling casually on the streets of that fair Canadian city.

— Max Berlinger, Vogue, 5 Aug. 2026
Other shots show the pair holding hands while strolling through the garden, posing by a statue and sitting together under a weeping willow tree.

— Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of strolling

Verb

A couple blocks away there are at least nine police cars, parked, idling.

— Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Effects of laws against idling In short, anti-idling laws target potentially severe pollution health risks from what is generally a wasteful practice of convenience.

— Richard Marcantonio, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

Definition of idling

Verb

Pre-chilling your cooler and its contents, layering ice strategically, and packing food properly can all help keep everything colder for longer.

— Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 30 July 2026
Long-term mortgage rates have already hit their highest level in nearly a year, chilling the housing industry.

— Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of chilling

Verb

Slide open and step outside to sit at the deck’s fire table immersed in towering evergreen trees while resting your eyes beyond to the Sierra Nevada.

— Catherine Dunwoody, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Matthew Stafford was resting as part of his maintenance plan, and Simpson split reps evenly with Stetson Bennett, with Bennett taking the first crack.

— Nate Atkins, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026