Synonyms of lumbered

lumbered

verb

past tense of lumber

1

as in shuffled

to move heavily or clumsily

the elephant lumbered through the jungle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffled
• stumbled
• stomped
• barged
• weaved
• shambled
• lurched
• trudged
• hauled
• dragged
• stamped
• sloughed
• tramped
• floundered
• lumped
• clumped
• plodded
• pounded
• stumped
• scuffled
• staggered
• galumphed
• slogged
• scuffed
• tromped
• waddled
• flogged
• flopped
• swayed
• tottered
• reeled
• blundered
• careened
• teetered
• wobbled
• doddered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slid
• glided
• whisked
• hung
• drifted
• waltzed
• floated
• coasted
• hovered
• breezed
• poised
• wafted

2

as in stumbled

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

the novel's plot lumbers to its predictable conclusion after 500 long pages

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbled
• struggled
• trudged
• shuffled
• floundered
• blundered
• limped
• lurched
• plodded
• fumbled
• jogged
• bumbled
• shambled
• swayed
• flogged
• reeled
• staggered
• tottered
• faltered
• wallowed
• teetered
• weltered
• muddled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sailed
• flew
• glided
• coasted
• zoomed
• zipped
• kilted

3

as in rumbled

to make a low heavy rolling sound

the horse-drawn wagon lumbered along the trail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rumbled
• growled
• grumbled
• rolled
• bellowed
• thundered
• boomed
• drummed

4

as in loaded

to place a weight or burden on

preparations that will lumber the expedition with unnecessary equipment and supplies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loaded
• saddled
• filled
• burdened
• packed
• weighted
• encumbered
• freighted
• ladened
• weighed
• stacked
• piled
• laded
• taxed
• cluttered
• heaped
• hampered
• clogged
• overloaded
• overburdened
• afflicted
• handicapped
• pressed
• mounded
• overtaxed
• strained
• surcharged
• oppressed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unloaded
• discharged
• unburdened
• relieved
• eased
• disencumbered
• lightened
• alleviated
• disburdened
• unladed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lumbered

The man in the suit who lumbered around in the background of their lives. — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026

When the other train finally emerged through the inferno and lumbered past them, the camera man couldn’t help but exclaim. — Frank Landymore, Futurism, 15 July 2026

Quietly reading my book without another soul around, a family of four lumbered up with their wagon filled with chairs, toys, an umbrella, and a cooler. — Susan B. Barnes, Southern Living, 14 July 2026

Just before Megna spoke in the hallway outside the Eagles locker room, Gagne lumbered by on crutches. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 11 June 2026

Many experts had thought sharks didn't exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica before this sleeper shark lumbered warily and briefly into the spotlight of a video camera, researcher Alan Jamieson said this week. — CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026

Many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica before this sleeper shark lumbered warily and briefly into the spotlight of a video camera, researcher Alan Jamieson said this week. — ABC News, 17 Feb. 2026

Robinson said he was also cut off from food stamps in November as the longest government shutdown in history lumbered on. — Rebecca Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026

The raccoon took the hint, shimmied down the rope and lumbered onto a ladder before making a less-than-graceful landing on the porch below. — Ronnie Li, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025