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

The new security mode dumps the traditional login option via email address and passwords, which hackers can steal to break in. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026

But that was due to an issue with the primary vent on Orion that dumps wastewater overboard, which may have built up ice around it. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 4 Apr. 2026