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bump

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bump

1 a small rounded mass of swollen tissue

  • that's a nasty bump on your arm where you hit the table
Synonyms of bump

knot, lump, node, nodule, swelling
Words Related to bump

growth, tumor, wart

hump, hunch

bruise, contusion, welt

blister, boil

blob, chunk, clod, clump, gob, gobbet, hunk, knob, nub, nubble, nugget, wad

2 the act or an instance of bringing to a lower grade or rank

  • the bump was punishment for insubordination
Synonyms of bump

demotion, reduction
Words Related to bump

disrating, downgrade

dismissal, firing, layoff, sacking

abasement, debasement, humiliation

3 a forceful coming together of two things

  • I felt the bump of the other car, but there was no damage to either vehicle
Synonyms of bump

collision, concussion, crash, impact, impingement, jar, jolt, jounce, kick, shock, slam, smash, strike, wallop
Words Related to bump

blow, buffet, hit, knock, punch, rap, slap, thump

bashing, battering, bludgeoning, clobbering, hammering, lambasting, licking, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing

contact, encounter, meeting, touch

bump

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bump

to come into usually forceful contact with something

  • that police officer bumped into me and should have apologized
Synonyms of bump

bang, bash, collide, crash, hit, impact, impinge, knock, ram, slam, smash, strike, swipe, thud
Words Related to bump

bounce, carom, clunk, glance, rebound, ricochet, skim, skip

contact, land, touch

brush, graze, kiss, nudge, scrape, shave, sweep

bulldoze, jostle, muscle, press, push
Near Antonyms of bump

miss, skirt

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