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 one grows in 3-foot-tall clumps that are soft blue-green in spring and early summer, changing to shades of orange, red and purple in fall. — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

In late summer or early fall, dig up the plant and divide the fleshy roots into clumps with one to three eyes. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026

Adult oysters, by contrast, attach themselves to hard surfaces for life, fusing their shells to the surface and growing in irregular clumps. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026

Never dump soil in large clumps in the garden; instead, sprinkle it thinly and evenly. — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 14 Aug. 2026

The rolling land changed from young poplar on the slopes to maturing hardwoods over clumps of fruiting shrubs in the low areas. — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026

One feature worth further research, the authors noted, are the gaps or clumps in stellar streams that scientists theorize develop when small concentrations of dark matter pass through them. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

As such, undergoing a screening colonoscopy, during which polyps (clumps of abnormal cells that may be noncancerous or cancerous) can be removed, is one of the most valuable ways to prevent colorectal cancer. — Colleen Doherty, Verywell Health, 10 Aug. 2026

Excessive clumps on the surface of the lawn can smother new seedlings, Mann says. — Amanda Tust, Architectural Digest, 7 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