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stump

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of stump

1 to move heavily or clumsily

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

Synonyms of stump

barge, clump, flog [British], flounder, galumph, lumber, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, tramp, tromp, trudge

Words Related to stump

drag, flop, haul

blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)

Near Antonyms of stump

drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft

Antonyms of stump

breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk

2 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

Synonyms of stump

challenge, dare, defy

Words Related to stump

beard, brave, brazen, breast, confront, face, outbrave, outface

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