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clump

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of clump

1 a number of things considered as a unit

  • scattered clumps of houses were visible from the air
Synonyms of clump

array, assemblage, band, bank, batch, battery, block, bunch, clot, cluster, clutch, collection, constellation, group, grouping, huddle, knot, lot, muster, package, parcel, passel, set, suite
Words Related to clump

accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, conglomeration

agglomeration, assortment, hodgepodge, jumble, miscellany, mixture, odds and ends, sundries, variety

cycle, run, series, suit
Phrases Synonymous with clump

the whole kit and caboodle
Near Antonyms of clump

entity, item, single, unit

2 a small uneven mass

  • a clump of dirt
Synonyms of clump

blob, chunk, clod, clot, dollop, glob, gob, gobbet, hunk, knob, lump, nub, nubble, nugget, wad
Words Related to clump

bead, drop, globule

block, body, bulk

particle, piece, portion

bit, chip, crumb, granule, morsel, nubbin, patch, scrap

clump

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of clump

to move heavily or clumsily

  • a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots
Synonyms of clump

barge, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lumber, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge
Words Related to clump

drag, flop, haul

blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)
Near Antonyms of clump

drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft
Antonyms of clump

breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk

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