hummer

noun

ˈhə-mər How to pronounce hummer (audio)
Definition of hummernext
1
as in powerhouse
an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired he's a real hummer when it comes to getting new clients for his advertising agency

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2
as in beauty
something very good of its kind this is the author's first mystery novel, and it's a hummer

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hummer
  1. powerhouse
  2. beauty
  3. dream
  4. wonder
  5. marvel
  6. phenomenon
  7. daisy
  8. sweetheart
Noun
  • Jax, a tremendous force at 6-0, 260, displays impressive power, strength, and mobility as an agile powerhouse athlete.
    — James Varsallone, Miami Herald, 11 Nov. 2026
  • Economies like France’s are grappling with a growing public-debt crisis, while Germany’s powerhouse manufacturing industries are facing existential pressure from Chinese competition.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2026
Definition of powerhouse
Noun
  • The model for the painting (disputed by some historians) was allegedly Simonetta Vespucci (née Cattaneo), a renowned beauty in Florentine high society whom Botticelli greatly admired.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The company additionally toyed with the beauty category via collaborations, the latest of which launched with K-beauty brand Amuse earlier this year.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of beauty
Noun
  • Friends, relatives, and loyal customers kept their dream alive as the business grew.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 8 Nov. 2026
  • She's worked for the air ambulance service for seven years and still calls it a dream job.
    — Elaine Appleton-Grant, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of dream
Noun
  • Don’t miss the Kandahari lamb chops, which are a garlicky, charred wonder to behold.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Towering old-growth wonders are just the beginning at Redwood National and State Parks.
    — Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 12 Nov. 2026
Definition of wonder
Noun
  • The kick stage is somewhat of an engineering marvel in itself.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
  • There's no shortage of modern marvels and breathtaking landscapes to behold in the US, which leads us to ask, how does a destination gain recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site?
    — Karina Acharya, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of marvel
Noun
  • Most of the cases his office examined involved ordinary objects or phenomena that sensors were not designed to recognize.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Quantum computers use quantum bits, or qubits, which can exploit phenomena such as superposition and entanglement to perform certain calculations in fundamentally different ways.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of phenomenon
Noun
  • Check out blue daze, bush daisy, pentas, Joseph’s coat and Gerbera daisies.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The flowers may be spidery or look like daisies, pom-poms, or thick cushions of slightly curved petals.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of daisy
Noun
  • Companies that took money from the president’s family or got sweetheart government contracts are going to face real scrutiny.
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Goebbels interviewed Wessel’s grieving mother and wrote of Jaenichen and Wessel as childhood sweethearts, as though their story was from romance fiction.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2026
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“Hummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hummer. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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