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 a company dumps toxic waste into a local river and your children get sick and die, there is no value lost, there are no damages, no liability—the ultimate rationale for Milton Friedman’s externalization of costs. —Andrew Behar, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026

As a demo, one of the artisans dumps a sack of more than 200 bones (a gray fox, incidentally) into a random jumble on a workbench. —Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026