Synonyms of clumps

clumps 1 of 2

noun

plural of clump

1

as in clusters

a number of things considered as a unit

scattered clumps of houses were visible from the air

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clusters
• batches
• bunches
• arrays
• collections
• groupings
• groups
• lots
• constellations
• assemblages
• sets
• packages
• batteries
• mixtures
• assortments
• clots
• varieties
• blocks
• banks
• bands
• series
• suites
• clutches
• accumulations
• parcels
• aggregates
• knots
• aggregations
• huddles
• jumbles
• the whole kit and caboodle
• agglomerations
• passels
• musters
• conglomerations
• suits
• odds and ends
• runs
• sundries
• hodgepodges
• cycles
• miscellanies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• units
• items
• entities
• singles

2

as in chunks

a small uneven mass

a clump of dirt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chunks
• hunks
• wads
• globs
• lumps
• blobs
• clods
• pieces
• gobs
• clots
• knobs
• dollops
• beads
• nubs
• gobbets
• nuggets
• particles
• globules
• drops
• patches
• bits
• nubbles
• chips
• portions
• granules
• crumbs
• blocks
• scraps
• bulks
• bodies
• nubbins
• morsels

clumps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of clump

as in shuffles

to move heavily or clumsily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffles
• stomps
• stumbles
• lumps
• sloughs
• barges
• stumps
• stamps
• pounds
• shambles
• weaves
• lurches
• hauls
• tramps
• flounders
• scuffs
• trudges
• galumphs
• drags
• scuffles
• plods
• slogs
• lumbers
• staggers
• flogs
• flops
• sways
• tromps
• waddles
• reels
• blunders
• totters
• wobbles
• dodders
• teeters
• careens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slides
• glides
• waltzes
• whisks
• drifts
• floats
• hangs
• coasts
• breezes
• hovers
• wafts
• poises

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of clumps

Noun

This represents the plasma hitting and passing through clumps of surrounding gas, energizing it. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Place the potatoes on the prepared pan, breaking up any frozen clumps; add onion and bell pepper. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2026

That was evident in pregame warmups when clumps of sand came up when players made hard cuts on the field. — CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Separate any clumps to ensure each seed roasts to golden brown. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026

Pulse once or twice to combine, then add the tahini and pulse another 5 or 6 times, until the mixture just comes together in a few large clumps but is still sandy. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

The ground is rough on the surface, bruising Molly’s fingers, but inches below it gives way, comes up in damp loamy clumps. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

The stuff our telescopes can track is swirling too fast, forming too quickly into clumps that are too dense, to easily explain. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026

The researchers observed bends, wiggles, kinks, gaps, branches, spurs and clumps. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026

Verb

Dividing clumps every few years in early spring also maintains their vigor. — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026

Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients. — Allison Deangelis, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026

However, sometimes the abnormal IgA (the antibody that clumps up and causes problems) does run in families. — Brandi Jones, Health, 15 Jan. 2026

Cocoa powder often clumps in its container. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2025

Young stars form within collapsing clouds of gas and dust, which flatten into broad protoplanetary disks where material gradually clumps into larger bodies. — Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025

The alum then clumps the smaller, suspended fats together for easy removal. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 21 Aug. 2025