STUMP Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

stump 1 of 2

verb

as in to shuffle

to move heavily or clumsily the seemingly endless parade finally ended, and the drummers and tuba players stumped wearily to their buses

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as in to dare

to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat when my grandfather was a kid, he and his friends would stump one another to dive into the local swimming hole

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noun

as in residue

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Verb

David Hogg stumps for Mai Vang in 7th District primary. —

Sacbee.com, 11 May 2026 Einbinder and Booster are not the first comedians or celebrities to openly stump for the DSA. —

Maxwell Adler, Vanity Fair, 6 May 2026

Noun

And in turn, the 867-foot monolith protruding from the surrounding Wyoming prairie like the stump of the world’s largest tree became a big draw for tourists. —

Marnie Hunter, CNN Money, 14 May 2026 Daniel Felix, 10, looks out from atop a gargantuan stump of an old-growth redwood on his tribe’s ancestral land. —

Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for stump

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After starting at right tackle, Lomu flipped to the left side as Will Campbell’s top backup when the Patriots shuffled their O-line personnel with Maye still on the field.

— Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026
The state's unique open primary — in which the top two contenders advance to the general election regardless of their party affiliation — was plagued by Democratic in-fighting and scandal that repeatedly shuffled the frontrunners.

— Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026