Synonyms of dumps

dumps 1 of 2

plural noun

ˈdəm(p)s 

as in sadness

a state or spell of low spirits

I've been down in the dumps all week

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sadness
• depression
• sorrowfulness
• melancholy
• grief
• mopes
• mournfulness
• anguish
• blues
• sorrow
• misery
• gloom
• unhappiness
• oppression
• dejection
• glumness
• desperation
• despair
• agony
• blue devils
• heartsickness
• mourning
• gloominess
• dreariness
• pain
• doldrums
• joylessness
• disconsolateness
• miserableness
• despondence
• forlornness
• despondency
• despond
• distress
• downheartedness
• boredom
• desolation
• dispiritedness
• dolefulness
• regret
• self-pity
• melancholia
• woe
• discouragement
• somberness
• hopelessness
• woefulness
• disheartenment
• dolor
• wretchedness
• ennui
• tedium
• moroseness
• moodiness
• dismalness
• morbidness
• drear
• morosity
• rue
• self-despair

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• joy
• happiness
• ecstasy
• rapture
• heaven
• euphoria
• bliss
• intoxication
• jubilation
• elation
• exultation
• exhilaration
• exuberance
• gladness
• felicity
• joyfulness
• joyousness
• content
• mirth
• glee
• humor
• merriment
• gaiety
• optimism
• rapturousness
• cheer
• joviality
• elatedness
• jollity
• blissfulness
• lightheartedness
• cheerfulness
• contentment
• gayness
• gladsomeness
• satisfaction
• cheeriness
• hopefulness
• contentedness
• mirthfulness
• gratification
• gleefulness
• delight
• sunniness

dumps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of dump

1

as in leaves

to end a usually intimate relationship with

all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaves
• ditches
• jilts
• abandons
• blows off
• breaks off (with)
• cuts
• kisses off
• kisses good-bye
• snubs
• cold-shoulders
• brushes (aside or off)
• high-hats
• forsakes
• deserts
• maroons
• slights
• quits

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• takes
• befriends
• hooks up (with)
• latches (on or onto)

2

as in discards

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

dump the trash on the curb and go back inside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discards
• unloads
• ditches
• loses
• rejects
• abandons
• scraps
• tosses
• sheds
• jettisons
• sloughs (off)
• chucks
• removes
• casts (off)
• eliminates
• junks
• throws away
• exorcises
• sluffs (off)
• flings (off or away)
• shucks (off)
• disposes of
• lays by
• dismisses
• sets aside
• throws out
• deep-sixes
• eighty-sixes
• cashiers
• forsakes
• abdicates
• eradicates
• pitches
• kicks out
• deserts
• abolishes
• wipes out
• expunges
• stamps (out)
• exterminates
• annihilates
• extirpates
• liquidates
• extinguishes
• roots (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uses
• adopts
• embraces
• takes on
• utilizes
• employs
• holds
• keeps
• retains
• holds back

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dumps

Plural noun

When fires threatened the city last month, the aid group rented helicopters for water dumps. — Lesley Wroughton, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022

And the breakthrough has opportunities far beyond waste dumps – there are millions more tons still underground that haven’t been viable to mine. — Thomas Biesheuvel, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2022

Verb

Towns dumps the ball off to Mitchell Robinson for his easiest two points of the night. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 16 May 2026

After New Year’s our mother dumps it, with all the glossy families and chirpy letters, in the trash. — Literary Hub, 7 May 2026