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lumber

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of lumber

tree logs as prepared for human use

  • a huge amount of lumber will be needed to build the house
Synonyms of lumber

timber, wood
Words Related to lumber

beam, brace, pile, post, ridgepole, sill, splint, stake, stave, stick

bar, billet, block

cordwood, firewood

lumber

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of lumber

1 to move heavily or clumsily

  • the elephant lumbered through the jungle
Synonyms of lumber

barge, clump, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge
Words Related to lumber

drag, flop, haul

blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)
Near Antonyms of lumber

drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft
Antonyms of lumber

breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk

2 to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

  • the novel's plot lumbers to its predictable conclusion after 500 long pages
Synonyms of lumber

blunder, bumble, flog [British], flounder, limp, plod, struggle, stumble, trudge
Words Related to lumber

jog, shamble, shuffle

wallow, welter

falter, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter

fumble, muddle
Near Antonyms of lumber

coast, fly, glide, kilt, sail, zip, zoom

3 to make a low heavy rolling sound

  • the horse-drawn wagon lumbered along the trail
Synonyms of lumber

growl, grumble, roll, rumble
Words Related to lumber

boom, drum, thunder

bellow

4 to place a weight or burden on

  • preparations that will lumber the expedition with unnecessary equipment and supplies
Synonyms of lumber

burden, encumber, freight, lade, laden, load, saddle, weight
Words Related to lumber

clog, clutter, fill, pack

heap, mound, pile, stack

press, weigh

strain, tax

overburden, overload, overtax, surcharge

hamper, handicap

afflict, oppress
Near Antonyms of lumber

alleviate, ease, lighten, relieve
Antonyms of lumber

disburden, discharge, disencumber, unburden, unlade, unload

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