Synonyms of stumps

stumps 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of stump

1

as in shuffles

to move heavily or clumsily

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in dares

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 & Similar Words

• dares
• challenges
• breasts
• confronts
• defies
• braves
• faces
• beards
• outfaces
• outbraves
• brazens

stumps

2 of 2

noun

plural of stump

as in residues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• residues
• scrapings
• refuses
• vestiges
• remnants
• residuals
• stubs
• leavings
• remains
• odds and ends
• pickings
• scraps
• remainders
• leftovers
• fragments
• splinters
• rests
• flakes
• chips
• slivers
• ends
• balances
• pieces
• fag ends
• oddments
• ribbons
• shreds
• tatters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wholes