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

The surfer who made the report was not bumped, bitten or otherwise hurt by the shark, Peters said. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Jay just gets bumped from one squishy chamber of viscous lumps to another, fighting like hell to avoid following his squid adversary through a puckering hole and deeper into the digestive system, where the air turns into methane. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

The worm, however impossible to miss, is shoved, bumped, and pushed around with everyone else in the stifling subway car. — Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026

Being bumped to a relief role required some selflessness from Seymour and Jax — both of whom began the season in the bullpen and were transitioned to the rotation. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2026

Cooper went from the active roster to getting bumped down to the practice squad and now off the team entirely in a matter of about 10 days. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026

Recent research from the Concerned Women of America found that transgender athletes have bumped biological women out of 2,293 championship spots since the mid-1980s. — Matt Calkins Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

After a month, McCaffery bumped the listing price down to $915,000 from $925,000. — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2026

Adelaide’s arrival even bumped Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh (King Charles’s youngest brother), out of the top 15 spots. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026