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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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

stumps

2 of 2

noun

plural of stump

as in scrapings

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wholes

• wholes