Synonyms of bumper

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adjective

ˈbəm-pər 

1

as in excellent

of the very best kind

it's been a bumper year for movies aimed at intelligent adults

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excellent
• great
• terrific
• lovely
• wonderful
• prime
• awesome
• superb
• stellar
• beautiful
• fantastic
• fabulous
• fine
• classic
• top
• hot
• cracking
• banner
• marvelous
• slick
• quality
• neat
• sensational
• famous
• heavenly
• topping
• prize
• cool
• divine
• sterling
• grand
• blue-ribbon
• swell
• superior
• splendid
• fab
• first-class
• out of this world
• dope
• groovy
• nifty
• peachy
• boss
• good
• par excellence
• too much
• top-shelf
• radical
• number one
• A1
• choice
• high-class
• first-rate
• blue-chip
• immense
• dandy
• superlative
• corking
• brave
• dynamite
• top-notch
• exceptional
• frontline
• down
• mean
• gone
• bully
• first-string
• keen
• topflight
• primo
• bang-up
• unsurpassed
• capital
• phat
• righteous
• decent
• gangbusters
• crackerjack
• out-of-sight
• supernal
• noble
• tip-top
• special
• better
• top-of-the-line
• boffo
• hype
• wizard
• prizewinning
• brag
• gilt-edged
• fantabulous
• peachy keen
• five-star
• bonny
• jim-dandy
• premium
• adequate
• numero uno
• A-OK
• satisfactory
• acceptable
• traditional
• all right
• four-star
• classical
• standard
• fancy
• high-grade
• tolerable
• passable
• OK
• select
• high-test
• superfine

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• poor
• rotten
• terrible
• awful
• pathetic
• wretched
• lousy
• vile
• atrocious
• bad
• inferior
• substandard
• unsatisfactory
• low-grade
• execrable
• mediocre
• middling
• second-class
• second-rate

2

as in huge

unusually large

a bumper crop of pumpkins that year

Synonyms & Similar Words

• huge
• giant
• gigantic
• massive
• vast
• tremendous
• enormous
• mammoth
• colossal
• monster
• astronomical
• monumental
• big
• titanic
• immense
• monstrous
• grand
• sizable
• oversize
• mountainous
• jumbo
• cosmic
• mega
• mighty
• great
• oceanic
• planetary
• whopping
• super
• galactic
• humongous
• heroic
• prodigious
• gargantuan
• substantial
• elephantine
• whacking
• handsome
• leviathan
• good
• supersize
• supersized
• king-size
• pharaonic
• Himalayan
• herculean
• cyclopean
• considerable
• walloping
• major
• super-duper
• extensive
• tidy
• majestic
• imposing
• gigantesque
• hefty
• Brobdingnagian
• staggering
• formidable
• bulky
• infinite
• gross
• overgrown
• voluminous
• vasty
• goodly
• outsize
• hulking
• overwhelming
• stupendous
• monolithic
• largish
• towering
• lofty
• grandiose
• august
• cavernous
• boundless
• immeasurable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pocket
• tiny
• miniature
• micro
• microscopic
• wee
• infinitesimal
• minuscule
• bitty
• mini
• minute
• diminutive
• teeny
• pygmy
• midget
• small
• little bitty
• teensy
• little
• Lilliputian
• puny
• undersized
• smallish
• petite
• bantam
• teeny-weeny
• microminiature
• teensy-weensy
• dinky
• half-pint
• pint-size
• dwarfish

bumper

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noun

ˈbəm-pər 

as in buffer

something that serves as a protective barrier

cars have bumpers to protect them from damage in minor collisions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buffer
• fender
• shield
• pad
• cushion
• cocoon
• padding
• cushioning
• barricade
• muffler
• safeguard
• baffle
• cordon

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bumper

Noun

The black helmet with a gray facemask also features a front bumper with Mizzou’s Columns in Francis Quadrangle showcased. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 20 Aug. 2026

Video showed at least three damaged cars, including a silver vehicle with its entire rear bumper and trunk caved in. — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Driving fatigue is very real, thanks to so many Mad Maxes riding bumpers or blowing through red lights or completely ignoring the speed limit. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

Ford also admitted there’s been rear wing modifications via the DRS system and an additional set of dive planes mounted on the front bumper. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 13 Aug. 2026