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
• wabbled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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