Synonyms of hump

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noun

1

as in dumps

British a state of resentful silence or irritability

failing her A-levels has certainly given her the hump

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dumps
• pouts
• pet
• sulk
• blues
• irritableness
• snit
• sulkiness
• irritability
• crossness
• sensitivity
• sullenness
• disagreeableness
• fretfulness
• mopes
• testiness
• crankiness
• grouchiness
• grouch
• peevishness
• grumpiness
• perversity
• surliness
• waspishness
• fantods
• surliness
• orneriness
• crotchetiness
• pettishness
• cantankerousness
• petulance
• biliousness
• irascibility
• irascibleness
• dyspepsia
• querulousness
• choler
• perverseness
• oversensitiveness
• huffiness
• fussiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• perkiness
• cheerfulness
• gayety
• gaiety
• sociability
• gladsomeness
• lightheartedness
• pleasantness
• sociality
• friendliness
• agreeableness
• high-spiritedness
• graciousness
• amenity
• amicability
• geniality
• affability
• cordiality
• amiability
• amiableness
• good-humoredness
• good-temperedness
• good-naturedness

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• perkiness
• cheerfulness
• gayety
• gaiety
• sociability
• gladsomeness
• lightheartedness
• pleasantness
• sociality
• friendliness
• agreeableness
• high-spiritedness
• graciousness
• amenity
• amicability
• geniality
• affability
• cordiality
• amiability
• amiableness
• good-humoredness
• good-temperedness
• good-naturedness

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2

as in mountain

an elevation of land higher than a hill

a cloud-capped hump straddles the border separating the two countries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mountain
• peak
• mount
• pinnacle
• alp
• mountain range
• horn
• knob
• sierra
• summit
• cordillera
• mountaintop
• range
• inselberg
• seamount
• aiguille

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• valley
• depression
• bowl
• basin
• hollow
• vale

• valley
• depression
• bowl
• basin
• hollow
• vale

3

as in hill

an area of high ground

the grassy hump at the center of the park is a popular sledding spot during the winter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hill
• mound
• cliff
• mountain
• highland
• prominence
• ridge
• knoll
• elevation
• upland
• eminence
• bluff
• plateau
• rise
• height
• mount
• peak
• crag
• mesa
• butte
• dome
• foothill
• steep
• altitude(s)
• tableland
• precipice
• hillock
• hummock
• alp
• knob
• sierra
• table
• tor
• downs
• sugarloaf

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• valley
• depression
• lowland
• bottom
• hollow
• glen
• flat
• basin
• vale
• dale
• plain
• dell
• floodplain
• dingle
• tidewater
• fen
• bottomland

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• valley
• depression
• lowland
• bottom
• hollow
• glen
• flat
• basin
• vale
• dale
• plain
• dell
• floodplain
• dingle
• tidewater
• fen
• bottomland

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hump

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verb

1

as in to struggle

to devote serious and sustained effort

the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains

Synonyms & Similar Words

• struggle
• work
• labor
• plow
• hustle
• tug
• bang away
• try
• strive
• travail
• sweat
• slog
• slave
• fag
• strain
• endeavor
• toil
• plug
• grub
• drudge
• plod
• scratch
• sweat blood
• moil
• drive
• peg (away)
• exercise
• attack
• dig (away)
• pitch in
• beaver (away)
• knuckle down
• eke out
• dig in
• buckle (down)
• wade
• essay
• scrabble
• exert
• trudge
• overexert
• apply (oneself)
• overwork
• put out
• grind (out)
• hammer (away)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• break
• bum
• ease (up)
• slacken
• lounge
• let up
• rest
• hang (around or out)
• chill
• goof (off)
• relax
• slack (off)
• idle
• shirk
• loaf
• laze
• hack (around)
• play
• hang
• unwind
• bask
• repose
• loll
• goldbrick
• footle
• dally
• fool around
• veg out
• trifle
• dillydally
• mess around
• doodle
• goof (around)
• dabble
• hang about
• monkey (around)
• potter (around)
• fribble
• putter (around)

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• break
• bum
• ease (up)
• slacken
• lounge
• let up
• rest
• hang (around or out)
• chill
• goof (off)
• relax
• slack (off)
• idle
• shirk
• loaf
• laze
• hack (around)
• play
• hang
• unwind
• bask
• repose
• loll
• goldbrick
• footle
• dally
• fool around
• veg out
• trifle
• dillydally
• mess around
• doodle
• goof (around)
• dabble
• hang about
• monkey (around)
• potter (around)
• fribble
• putter (around)

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2

as in to speed

to proceed or move quickly

the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speed
• trot
• drive
• jump
• race
• rush
• hurry
• scurry
• chase
• travel
• fly
• zip
• scoot
• blow
• buzz
• dart
• run
• scuttle
• step
• bowl
• dash
• zoom
• hustle
• barrel
• ram
• rip
• blast
• tear
• hare
• jog
• hurtle
• bolt
• pelt
• shoot
• nip
• motor
• cannonball
• course
• jet
• rocket
• career
• belt
• breeze
• whirl
• gallop
• bustle
• highball
• beat it
• blaze
• rustle
• careen
• hurl
• hasten
• bundle
• hie
• bomb
• shake a leg
• streak
• beetle
• whisk
• step on it
• crack (on)
• sprint
• scamper
• scuffle
• get a move on
• hotfoot (it)
• make tracks
• accelerate
• stampede
• flit
• scud
• step out
• arrow
• whiz
• outrun
• overtake
• catch up
• whizz
• beeline
• outpace
• quicken
• fast-forward
• outstrip

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creep
• drag
• crawl
• poke
• lag
• hang (around or out)
• poke
• linger
• dawdle
• shuffle
• stroll
• amble
• tarry
• saunter
• slow (down or up)
• plod
• lumber
• decelerate
• loiter
• dillydally
• dally

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• creep
• drag
• crawl
• poke
• lag
• hang (around or out)
• poke
• linger
• dawdle
• shuffle
• stroll
• amble
• tarry
• saunter
• slow (down or up)
• plod
• lumber
• decelerate
• loiter
• dillydally
• dally

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