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dump

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of dump

1 a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped
  • All of the used packaging eventually ends up in the dump.
Synonyms of dump

landfill, sanitary landfill
Words Related to dump

dustbin, dustheap, junkyard, kitchen midden, midden

transfer station

mess, pigpen, pigsty, sty
2 a place where military arms are stored
  • a daring raid on the ammunition dump
Synonyms of dump

armory, arsenal, depot, magazine
Words Related to dump

fort, fortress, stronghold

repository, storehouse, warehouse
3 a dirty or messy place
  • I'm sorry the place is such a dump.
Synonyms of dump

hole, pigpen, pigsty, shambles, sty
Words Related to dump

chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, mess, muddle, muss

havoc, hell, mare's nest

clutter, jumble, litter, mishmash, welter

dump

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of dump

1 to end a usually intimate relationship with
  • I can't believe you got dumped.
Synonyms of dump

blow off, break off (with), ditch, jilt, kiss off, leave
Words Related to dump

brush (aside or off), cold-shoulder, cut, high-hat, slight, snub

abandon, desert, forsake, maroon, quit
Phrases Synonymous with dump

kiss good-bye
Near Antonyms of dump

hook up (with), take

befriend, latch (on or onto)
2 to get rid of as useless or unwanted
  • Just dump the trash on the curb and go back inside.
Synonyms of dump

cashier, cast (off), chuck, discard, ditch, exorcise (also exorcize), fling (off or away), jettison, junk, lay by, lose, pitch, reject, scrap, shed, shuck (off), slough (off) also sluff (off) , throw away, throw out, toss, unload
Words Related to dump

abandon, abdicate, desert, forsake

dismiss, kick out

abolish, annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, liquidate, remove, root (out), stamp (out), wipe out
Phrases Synonymous with dump

dispose of, set aside
Near Antonyms of dump

adopt, embrace, take on

employ, use, utilize

hold, hold back, keep, retain

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