1
as in to leave
to end a usually intimate relationship with
all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
2
as in to unload
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
dump the trash on the curb and go back inside
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
1
as in landfill
a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped
all of the used packaging eventually ends up in the dump
Synonyms & Similar Words
2
as in warehouse
a place where military arms are stored
a daring raid on the ammunition dump
Synonyms & Similar Words
3
as in mess
a dirty or messy place
his place is always a dump, so he almost never has people over
Synonyms & Similar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of dump
Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
The film is a cinematic expansion of my reporting on the legacy of DDT and toxic waste dumping off the coast of Southern California.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2026
There’s a dump cake that comes together with three ingredients, a poke cake built for a crowd, and a cobbler made for two with lavender rubbed right into the sugar.
—Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for dump
Verb
Right now, about 2 billion tons of fly ash are trapped in storage ponds and dump sites across the nation.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 June 2026
The film is a cinematic expansion of my reporting on the legacy of DDT and toxic waste dumping off the coast of Southern California.
—Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
Noun
Rather than reflecting an actual vote dump, the snapshots captured incomplete moments in a rapidly updating results feed.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 8 June 2026
There’s a dump cake that comes together with three ingredients, a poke cake built for a crowd, and a cobbler made for two with lavender rubbed right into the sugar.
—Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for dump
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dump
Verb
-
If a bear is calmly minding its own business 100 yards away, leave it alone and continue creating distance.—
Amber Harding OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
-
The match became even more important after Spain, the heavy favorite to win Group H and a contender to win tournament, tied Cape Verde 0-0 in the earlier match, leaving the group lead up for grabs.—
Michelle Kaufman,
Miami Herald,
16 June 2026
Verb
-
Now that games are almost here, and FIFA has already made the bulk of its group stage money, the organization must figure out how to unload the rest of its unsold inventory so as to limit the number of empty seats.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2026
-
Teenagers run wild with guns and don't think twice to unload their weapons.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
Noun
-
There was one in New York's Hudson River, Massachusetts' Housatonic River, and there's also cleanups in Indiana along their PCB landfills.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
12 June 2026
-
Oakland residents may schedule free appointments to bring bulky items directly to the landfill at 2615 Davis Street in San Leandro.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Noun
-
Thick clouds of smoke could be seen for miles after a massive fire engulfed a million-square-foot medical supplies warehouse in Tracy on Thursday.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
-
The effect is a governance plane with uniform security policies, compliance boundaries and audit logs, spanning everything from laptops to warehouse robots, with minimal underlying hardware restrictions.—
Bill Curtis,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Noun
-
Trim overhanging limbs and relocate furniture to avoid popular bird perches that drop messes onto your patio.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 June 2026
-
Three people are dead and she, a completely innocent party in this whole mess, is left holding the check.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Verb
-
As a surprise, rather than ditching the electrically adjustable climate vent fan direction, which probably costs and weighs more than simple physical sliders, the R2 sticks with the same system as the R1—legitimately an annoyance and one that borders on dangerous.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
-
In Facebook groups with upwards of 85,000 members, women share how much their period symptoms have improved after ditching tampons for menstrual discs.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
Verb
-
With a mission statement that champions the customer, the economy and the environment, a single Melia Ann garment replaces two pieces that would have otherwise been produced, shipped and eventually discarded.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
-
The first-stage booster that had been tapped during the original attempts was discarded for a new booster.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 June 2026
Noun
-
The work is part of a larger effort statewide to update the National Guard’s armories, as renovations in recent years have either been completed or are planned at many readiness centers, including those in Brainerd, New Ulm, Marshall, Moorhead and Fergus Falls.—
Elliot Mann,
Twin Cities,
29 May 2026
-
There, like a knight in a castle armory, you will be agog at the choices.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
9 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Dump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dump. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
