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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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