Synonyms of bumped

bumped

verb

past tense of bump

as in slammed

to come into usually forceful contact with something

that police officer bumped into me and should have apologized

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slammed
• banged
• collided
• smashed
• crashed
• rammed
• knocked
• hit
• swiped
• impacted
• impinged
• struck
• bounced
• thudded
• glanced
• bashed
• scraped
• pushed
• skipped
• landed
• contacted
• brushed
• swept
• nudged
• rebounded
• touched
• kissed
• jostled
• clunked
• skimmed
• grazed
• ricocheted
• shaved
• caromed
• pressed
• muscled
• bulldozed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• missed
• skirted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bumped

Fire Stick competitor Roku bumped the prices of its Roku Ultra streaming device $50, from $100 to $150. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 23 Aug. 2026

Punk turned the tables and shoved Owens into Engler, who bumped to the outside. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Keep in mind, though, that you won’t be bumped from a flight in order to make room for a traveler on standby. — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026

To squeeze Cabrera into the rotation on Sunday, the Cubs bumped David Peterson to the bullpen for the time being and optioned Javier Assad to Triple-A Iowa. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

In This Article Kitchen cabinets get a lot of wear since they’re constantly being opened, slammed, and bumped all day long. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2026

Even if Claude had bumped the number all the way to 100 percent, the LLM wouldn’t be eligible for the $1 million. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

The company recently completed the purchase of Curtis Instruments , announced two pending deals and bumped its annual dividend by 11%, marking 70 consecutive years of increases. — Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

Walker attempted to truck Gilman near the end of the play, and Gilman bumped him back out of bounds. — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026