Synonyms of pumped

pumped 1 of 2

adjective

ˈpəm(p)t 

as in excited

showing urgent desire or interest

the whole city's so pumped for this championship that it's unbelievable

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excited
• avid
• eager
• enthusiastic
• anxious
• hungry
• keen
• juiced
• ardent
• thirsty
• geeked
• stoked
• ready
• impatient
• happy
• nuts
• interested
• enthused
• desirous
• antsy
• greedy
• voracious
• gung ho
• engaged
• agog
• crazy
• willing
• raring
• great
• champing at the bit
• solicitous
• chomping at the bit
• hot
• hopped-up
• wild
• hepped up
• athirst
• obsessed
• glad
• longing
• disposed
• ambitious
• restless
• pining
• breathless
• game
• covetous
• hankering
• craving
• inclined
• restive
• amenable
• hung up
• appetent
• unreluctant

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferent
• apathetic
• detached
• uninterested
• nonchalant
• unconcerned
• disinterested
• casual
• unenthusiastic
• aloof
• reluctant
• unwilling
• insouciant
• incurious
• lukewarm
• stolid
• hesitant
• uneager
• impassive
• loath
• languid
• lackadaisical
• averse
• halfhearted
• languorous
• spiritless
• disinclined
• loth
• loathe

pumped

2 of 2

verb

past tense of pump

1

as in bobbed

to make short up-and-down movements

the thighs of the bicyclists were pumping furiously as they neared the finish line

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bobbed
• shook
• jerked
• swayed
• nodded
• jogged
• rocked
• wagged
• seesawed
• jounced
• wiggled
• ducked
• bobbled
• swung
• jiggled
• oscillated
• wobbled
• dropped
• undulated
• wabbled

2

as in interrogated

to put a series of questions to

prying neighbors pumped the guileless child for information about the family's new pool

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interrogated
• examined
• questioned
• sweated
• quizzed
• grilled
• catechized
• queried
• sweat
• picked the brains of
• debriefed
• harassed
• gave the third degree to
• annoyed
• pestered
• hounded
• canvased
• cross-examined
• canvassed
• polled
• cross-questioned

3

as in drained

to remove (liquid) gradually or completely

pumped water from the well

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drained
• sucked
• emptied
• tapped
• siphoned
• drew (off)
• bled
• cleaned
• drafted
• syphoned
• evacuated
• flushed
• milked
• exhausted
• purged
• cleared
• depleted
• vacated
• decanted
• effused
• voided
• vacuated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• filled
• washed
• soaked
• watered
• drenched
• bathed
• wetted
• wet
• flooded
• doused
• inundated
• drowned
• overflowed
• deluged
• submerged
• dowsed
• soused
• swamped

Examples of pumped in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

In this episode, Howser gawps at installation art, gets very pumped for VHS or Beta, marvels at golf carts. —Vulture, 17 Apr. 2022

After last week’s vote, advisers said, Mr. Biden seemed more pumped up for the challenge. —Peter Baker, New York Times, 13 Nov. 2022

One possibility is to use the tanks to store water for a pumped hydroelectric power facility. —From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022

Jack Harlow is pumped and totally ready to pull double-duty as host/musical guest on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live. —Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2022