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
• gayety
• 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
• scraps
• abandons
• tosses
• sheds
• jettisons
• sloughs (off)
• chucks
• exorcizes
• removes
• casts (off)
• junks
• throws away
• exorcises
• eliminates
• sluffs (off)
• flings (off or away)
• dismisses
• shucks (off)
• disposes of
• lays by
• sets aside
• throws out
• deep-sixes
• eighty-sixes
• cashiers
• 86es
• forsakes
• abdicates
• pitches
• abolishes
• kicks out
• deserts
• eradicates
• wipes out
• expunges
• stamps (out)
• exterminates
• annihilates
• extirpates
• extinguishes
• liquidates
• 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

From there, some of the storm debris will be taken to municipal dumps and some will be trucked across the state to privately run landfills. —Anna Phillips, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022

For decades, Valparaíso has expanded with no regulation or urban planning, leading to improvised, chaotic collections of wooden houses along high roads and gorges, which are often used as informal waste dumps. —Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 Apr. 2014

Verb

Regulators have also found that the company dumps untreated groundwater into sewers, but little action has been taken. —Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 13 Jan. 2025

Delta dumps Lyft for Uber Delta Air Lines has dropped Lyft in favor of Uber. —Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 9 Jan. 2025