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clumping

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Synonyms of clumping

(Entry 1 of 2)

as in cohesion, agglutination

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for clumping

agglutination,
cohesion

adherence,
adhesion,
bonding,
cling

adhesiveness,
attachment,
cohesiveness,
tenacity

cementing,
gluing
(also glueing)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for clumping

unsticking

clumping

verb

present participle of clump

Synonyms & Antonyms of clumping (Entry 2 of 2)

to move heavily or clumsily

a child clumping around the house in her father's oversized boots

Synonyms for clumping

barging,
flogging
[British],
floundering,
galumphing,
lumbering,
lumping,
plodding,
pounding,
scuffing,
scuffling,
shambling,
shuffling,
slogging,
sloughing,
stamping,
stomping,
stumbling,
stumping,
tramping,
tromping,
trudging

Words Related to clumping

dragging,
flopping,
hauling

blundering,
careening,
doddering,
lurching,
reeling,
staggering,
swaying,
teetering,
tottering,
waddling,
weaving,
wobbling
(also wabbling)

Near Antonyms for clumping

drifting,
floating,
hanging,
hovering,
poising,
wafting

Antonyms for clumping

breezing,
coasting,
gliding,
sliding,
waltzing,
whisking

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