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
• prime
• wonderful
• awesome
• superb
• stellar
• beautiful
• fantastic
• fabulous
• fine
• classic
• top
• hot
• cracking
• marvelous
• banner
• quality
• slick
• neat
• sensational
• famous
• heavenly
• topping
• cool
• prize
• 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
• immense
• blue-chip
• brave
• dandy
• superlative
• corking
• dynamite
• exceptional
• top-notch
• frontline
• down
• mean
• gone
• bully
• keen
• first-string
• primo
• topflight
• decent
• bang-up
• unsurpassed
• capital
• phat
• righteous
• gangbusters
• crackerjack
• out-of-sight
• special
• supernal
• noble
• tip-top
• better
• top-of-the-line
• boffo
• hype
• wizard
• prizewinning
• brag
• gilt-edged
• fantabulous
• peachy keen
• five-star
• bonny
• premium
• jim-dandy
• adequate
• numero uno
• A-OK
• satisfactory
• traditional
• acceptable
• 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 Equinox driver then lost control and veered hard to the left, striking the rear passenger side bumper of a 2024 Mitsubishi Eclipse that was in the center lane, state police said. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026

Oil prices were higher on Friday, firmly on track to register bumper weekly gains. — Sam Meredith,elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 17 July 2026

On a recent weekday afternoon, cars were already parked bumper to bumper along the residential streets near Pico Boulevard. — Hanna Kang, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2026

Inside lies a carbon-fiber tender that evokes the mothership with a bespoke cork bumper. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 July 2026