Synonyms of lumps

lumps 1 of 2

noun

plural of lump

1

as in chunks

a small uneven mass

she dumped a lump of clay on the table and started to sculpt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chunks
• clumps
• hunks
• wads
• globs
• blobs
• pieces
• gobs
• clods
• knobs
• clots
• dollops
• beads
• nuggets
• nubs
• gobbets
• globules
• drops
• particles
• patches
• bits
• nubbles
• chips
• portions
• granules
• crumbs
• blocks
• scraps
• bodies
• bulks
• morsels
• nubbins

2

as in swellings

a small rounded mass of swollen tissue

I got a good-sized lump on my head from that fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• swellings
• bumps
• nodules
• bruises
• nodes
• tumors
• growths
• knots
• warts
• blisters
• welts
• humps
• clumps
• contusions
• chunks
• boils
• hunches
• blobs
• hunks
• gobs
• knobs
• clods
• wads
• nubs
• nuggets
• gobbets
• nubbles

3

as in tumors

an abnormal mass of tissue

advised by her doctor to examine her breasts regularly for unusual lumps

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tumors
• cysts
• growths
• neoplasms
• excrescences
• carcinomas
• malignancies
• polyps
• excrescencies
• warts
• tubercles
• melanomas
• lymphomas
• outgrowths
• cancers

4

as in defeats

failure to win a contest

you can't win all the time, so learn to take your lumps in stride

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defeats
• beatings
• losses
• setbacks
• trimmings
• lickings
• whippings
• routs
• failures
• drubbings
• overthrows
• plasterings
• upsets
• shellackings
• collapses
• flops
• washouts
• fiascoes
• shutouts
• debacles
• fizzles
• lurches
• nonsuccesses
• whitewashes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• victories
• successes
• wins
• triumphs
• accomplishments
• achievements
• sweeps
• landslides
• runaways
• blowouts
• cakewalks
• romps
• walkovers
• walkaways

5

as in idiots

a stupid person

gazed disgustedly at the lump her daughter had married

Synonyms & Similar Words

• idiots
• morons
• losers
• lunatics
• dummies
• stupids
• mutts
• fools
• dips
• pinheads
• noddies
• clunks
• blockheads
• jerks
• noodles
• clots
• dunces
• imbeciles
• stupes
• hardheads
• knuckleheads
• dopes
• prats
• donkeys
• dolts
• goofs
• goons
• ignoramuses
• boneheads
• hammerheads
• turkeys
• dullards
• ganders
• deadheads
• numskulls
• stocks
• golems
• nuts
• clucks
• dumbbells
• dunderheads
• nits
• lunkheads
• ninnies
• fatheads
• dumb clucks
• oafs
• sapheads
• loggerheads
• chuckleheads
• yahoos
• cretins
• dimwits
• geese
• bubbleheads
• loons
• dim bulbs
• simpletons
• airheads
• cuddies
• meatheads
• dorks
• schlubs
• jackasses
• nincompoops
• momes
• schnooks
• clowns
• ratbags
• chowderheads
• boobies
• thickheads
• doofuses
• nimrods
• clodpolls
• dodoes
• nitwits
• woodenheads
• dumbheads
• dum-dums
• villains
• birdbrains
• know-nothings
• lamebrains
• buffoons
• half-wits
• ninnyhammers
• mugs
• yo-yos
• loonies
• dummkopfs
• snakes
• madmen
• skunks
• creeps
• zanies
• beasts
• heels
• gawks
• stinkers
• curs
• scatterbrains
• boors
• cads
• churls
• featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brains
• intellectuals
• geniuses
• thinkers
• intellects
• sages
• wizards
• whizzes
• Renaissance men
• polymaths
• sharpies

6

as in hulks

a big clumsy often slow-witted person

standing next to those ballet dancers, with their graceful way of moving, I felt like a lump

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hulks
• losers
• idiots
• clods
• morons
• mutts
• villains
• nuts
• clowns
• geese
• snakes
• brutes
• turkeys
• lugs
• lunatics
• beasts
• creeps
• gawks
• skunks
• palookas
• heels
• louts
• stupids
• clodhoppers
• oafs
• lubbers
• Neanderthals
• dummies
• fools
• stocks
• dips
• chumps
• prats
• blunderers
• donkeys
• pinheads
• boobies
• noddies
• clunks
• blockheads
• clots
• noodles
• slouches
• dunces
• imbeciles
• stupes
• hardheads
• knuckleheads
• dopes
• louses
• stinkers
• dolts
• goofs
• goons
• nits
• rogues
• ignoramuses
• boneheads
• hammerheads
• dullards
• ganders
• galoots
• deadheads
• numskulls
• yahoos
• golems
• clucks
• dumbbells
• simps
• dunderheads
• schlemiels
• lunkheads
• ninnies
• curs
• fatheads
• sapheads
• loggerheads
• chuckleheads
• anthropoids
• boors
• dimwits
• bubbleheads
• cads
• dim bulbs
• loons
• simpletons
• airheads
• loonies
• meatheads
• dorks
• schlubs
• mugs
• cretins
• apes
• madmen
• jackasses
• churls
• nincompoops
• momes
• schnooks
• ratbags
• chowderheads
• cuddies
• thickheads
• tykes
• doofuses
• rascals
• nimrods
• clodpolls
• scamps
• dodoes
• nitwits
• woodenheads
• dumbheads
• dum-dums
• scatterbrains
• birdbrains
• know-nothings
• lamebrains
• half-wits
• ninnyhammers
• yo-yos
• dummkopfs
• featherbrains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• brains
• intellectuals
• thinkers
• sages
• geniuses
• wizards
• whizzes
• brainiacs

lumps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of lump

1

as in collects

to bring together in one body or place

when we lumped all of our pocket change together, we found that we had just enough a buy a carton of ice cream

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collects
• assembles
• groups
• gathers
• accumulates
• amasses
• corrals
• garners
• packs
• constellates
• piles
• balls
• bulks (up)
• rounds up
• joins
• gets together
• concentrates
• congregates
• clusters
• combines
• stacks
• batches
• picks up
• bunches
• huddles
• heaps
• rallies
• links
• herds
• bands
• flocks
• pools
• musters
• swarms
• unites
• brigades
• organizes
• compiles
• hives
• raises
• throngs
• merges
• arranges
• connects
• presses
• archives
• systematizes
• regroups
• collates
• scrapes (up or together)
• regathers
• re-collects

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• scatters
• dissolves
• disperses
• dissipates
• dispels
• separates
• disintegrates
• breaks up
• splits (up)
• sends
• severs
• dismisses
• disbands

2

as in shuffles

to move heavily or clumsily

while I was on crutches, I was lumping about the house like an elephant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffles
• clumps
• stumbles
• stomps
• barges
• sloughs
• pounds
• stumps
• stamps
• scuffs
• shambles
• lurches
• tramps
• flounders
• hauls
• weaves
• trudges
• galumphs
• drags
• scuffles
• lumbers
• plods
• slogs
• flogs
• flops
• staggers
• sways
• waddles
• tromps
• blunders
• reels
• wobbles
• totters
• dodders
• teeters
• careens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slides
• glides
• waltzes
• floats
• whisks
• drifts
• hangs
• coasts
• hovers
• breezes
• wafts
• poises

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lumps

Noun

It is primarily transmitted through bites of infected fleas or direct contact with infected rodents, which can cause painful, swollen lumps in the lymph nodes. — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 5 Oct. 2026

The real estate sector is taking its lumps as Treasury yields surge, but Mizuho sees plenty of potential for two dividend-paying stocks in that corner of the market. — Darla Mercado, Cfp®, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026

Through two weeks of the Dallas Cowboys’ season, there are some lumps that the team’s defense has taken that have been reminiscent of the last two porous efforts on that side of the ball. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026

Redness, open sores, discharge, foul-smelling ears, lumps or recurring skin issues all warrant a vet visit, not a grooming session. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026

Redness, sores, unusual discharge, foul-smelling ears or lumps should all go to a vet rather than a home grooming session. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

Whisk together milk, oil, vanilla, and egg yolks in a separate bowl; add to flour mixture, folding until just combined with some small lumps remaining. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026

Rancho Cordova has begun traffic-calming construction on Borderlands Drive and Canyonlands Drive in the Sunridge Park neighborhood, adding speed lumps, bicycle lanes, high-visibility crosswalks, curb extensions and curb islands. — Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Pair that with a difficult out-of-division schedule, and the Panthers could take some lumps. — Chad Graff, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Verb

The baseball-size crabcake arrives at your table, its jumbo lumps glistening and broiled to a gentle golden brown. — Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026

The report lumps vastly different jobs into the same broad picture. — Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

The current poll lumps together social media and messaging apps and digs into the reasons folks might quit. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026

Critics also say Horvath lumps together different types of ed tech and doesn’t grapple with research that supports moderate use of computers in school. — Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 31 May 2026

Most lumps such as these are noncancerous lipomas, or fatty tumors, and a decision on whether to remove them is based on whether the lumps interfere with movements or threaten other issues. — Joan Morris, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026

Advertisement Breaking it down Artificial intelligence is an umbrella-term for several different technologies, from autonomous vehicles to chatbots—and the database lumps these together without a comprehensive structure. — Harry Booth, Time, 19 Jan. 2026