Synonyms of hump

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noun

ˈhəmp 

1

as in pouts

British a state of resentful silence or irritability

failing her A-levels has certainly given her the hump

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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
• cordillera
• summit
• mountaintop
• range
• seamount
• inselberg
• aiguille

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• valley
• depression
• basin
• bowl
• 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
• elevation
• knoll
• upland
• eminence
• bluff
• ridge
• plateau
• crag
• height
• rise
• mount
• peak
• mesa
• altitude(s)
• foothill
• dome
• butte
• tableland
• steep
• precipice
• tor
• hillock
• knob
• hummock
• sierra
• table
• alp
• downs
• sugarloaf

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hump

Noun

The picture wasn’t of a crash but of a steady, gently climbing line with an anomalous hump in the middle. — Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Who else to argue with about the last humps of the Slinky Dog Dash ride? — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026

Verb

Poison Ivy Rorshach shimmied in a fishnet bodysuit, swinging her guitar to the band’s big beats from Badsville, while frontman Lux Interior ate his microphone, humped the floor, and then came again (pun intended) as Elvis Fucking Christ. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

All of the animals skidded on the slick ice, but the frantic cow made it to the bank, humped her way to the top, and hooked her front legs over. — Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026