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

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

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

Verb

If someone illegally dumps a couch or a mattress or does something and throws it onto the shoulder of the highway. —Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2026

Colleyville Heritage dumps Argyle in 2 OTs Colleyville Heritage got a hugh lay in by Sameer Johnson at the fourth quarter buzzer, off an assist by Dmauri Evans, to tie the game at 48 allowing the Panthers to subdue Argyle 57-51 in double overtime on Thursday. —Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Jan. 2026