LUMP: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for LUMP?

Need another word that means the same as “lump”? Find 70 synonyms and 30 related words for “lump” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Lump” are: clod, gawk, goon, lout, lubber, lummox, oaf, stumblebum, puffiness, swelling, hunk, ball, chunk, clump, glob, wedge, piece, mass, block, slab, cake, nugget, brick, cube, dab, pat, knob, dollop, wad, cluster, mound, concentration, bump, bulge, protuberance, protrusion, growth, outgrowth, carbuncle, hump, tumour, wen, boil, blister, wart, corn, eruption, node, contusion, collocate, combine, put, group, bunch, aggregate, unite, pool, mix, blend, merge, join, fuse, conglomerate, coalesce, consolidate, collect, throw, consider together

Lump as a Noun

Definitions of "Lump" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “lump” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement.
• A small cube of sugar.
• A large piece of something without definite shape.
• An awkward stupid person.
• A compact mass.
• The state of being self-employed and paid without deduction of tax, especially in the building industry.
• A swelling under the skin, especially one caused by injury or disease.
• A heavy, ungainly, or slow-witted person.
• A compact mass of a substance, especially one without a definite or regular shape.

Synonyms of "Lump" as a noun (49 Words)

ball	Baseball. The ball at the base of the thumb.
blister	A preparation applied to the skin to form a blister. The child is a disgusting little blister.
block	The length of one side of a block especially as a measure of distance. A sketching block.
boil	A casual outdoor meal at which shellfish is prepared by boiling. A boil from a fish in a pool.
brick	Bricks collectively as a building material. This mill was built of brick.
bulge	Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. A bulge in the birth rate.
bump	An impact (as from a collision. Her mosquito bites had come up in huge red bumps.
cake	A flattish compact mass of something, especially soap. A delicious cake smothered with whipped cream.
carbuncle	A severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin, typically infected with staphylococcus bacteria.
chunk	A compact mass. Huge chunks of masonry littered the street.
clod	A compact mass. You re an insensitive clod and I hope you fall and break your neck.
clump	A small group of trees or plants growing closely together. Clumps of earth.
cluster	A natural subgroup of a population, used for statistical sampling or analysis. A cluster of admirers.
concentration	Strengthening the concentration as of a solute in a mixture by removing diluting material. The concentration of power in the hands of nobles.
contusion	The action of bruising. The bruise resulted from a contusion.
corn	Whiskey distilled from a mash of not less than 80 percent corn. That movie was pure corn.
cube	A block in the approximate shape of a cube. A sugar cube.
dab	A small amount of something. Apply concealer with light dabs.
dollop	A large, shapeless mass of something, especially soft food. Great dollops of cream.
eruption	(of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed. Irritable skin eruptions.
gawk	An awkward or shy person. Let those country gawks dance to their hearts content.
glob	A lump of a semi-liquid substance. Thick globs of mozzarella cheese.
goon	A guard in a German prisoner-of-war camp during the Second World War. He hired goons to hunt down supporters.
growth	Vegetation that has grown. A growth of trees.
hunk	A large, strong, sexually attractive man. A Hollywood hunk.
lout	An uncouth and aggressive man or boy. Drunken louts.
lubber	An awkward stupid person.
lummox	A clumsy, stupid person. Watch it you great lummox.
mass	(often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent. The masterly distribution of masses.
mound	The slight elevation on which the pitcher stands. They have a southpaw on the mound.
node	A lymph node or other structure consisting of a small mass of differentiated tissue. The company s internal worldwide area network now has some 22 000 nodes.
nugget	A small lump of gold or other precious metal found ready-formed in the earth. Nuggets of meat.
oaf	An awkward stupid person. They are just big clumsy oafs.
outgrowth	A natural development or result of something. The eye first appears as an outgrowth from the brain.
pat	A quick, light touch with the hand. Giving him a friendly pat on the arm she went off to join the others.
piece	A separate part of a whole. A haunting piece of music.
protrusion	Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. A protrusion of rock jutted from the mountainside.
protuberance	The condition of being protuberant; the condition of bulging out. The large size and protuberance of the incisors.
puffiness	An abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement.
slab	A pack containing 24 bottles or cans of beer. She settled on a slab of rock.
stumblebum	An awkward stupid person.
swelling	Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. Painless swellings may appear in the lower abdomen.
tumour	An abnormal new mass of tissue that serves no purpose.
wart	An imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart especially in smallness or unattractiveness. Few products are without their warts.
wedge	An object or piece of something shaped like a wedge. He invested his wedge in stocks and shares.
wen	A common cyst of the skin; filled with fatty matter (sebum) that is secreted by a sebaceous gland that has been blocked. The great wen of London.

Usage Examples of "Lump" as a noun

• Lump labour.
• A lump of coal.
• He was unhurt apart from a huge lump on his head.
• I won't stand a chance against a big lump like you.
• ‘Working?’ ‘Only on the lump, here and there.
• There was a lump of ice floating in the milk.

Lump as a Verb

Definitions of "Lump" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “lump” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Put together indiscriminately.
• (in taxonomy) classify plants or animals in relatively inclusive groups, disregarding minor variations.
• Put in an indiscriminate mass or group; treat as alike without regard for particulars.
• Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side.
• Carry (a heavy load) somewhere with difficulty.

Synonyms of "Lump" as a verb (21 Words)

aggregate	Amount in the aggregate to. Socio occupational groups aggregate men sharing similar kinds of occupation.
blend	Blend or harmonize. Blend the cornflour with a tablespoon of water.
bunch	Form into a bunch. She bunched the needles together.
chunk	Divide something into chunks. To prepare hypertext information is chunked into small manageable units.
coalesce	Fuse or cause to grow together. The puddles had coalesced into shallow streams.
collect	Gather or collect. He collected their rent each week.
collocate	Place side by side or in a particular relation. Maiden collocates with voyage.
combine	Combine so as to form a whole mix. A new product which combines the benefits of a hairspray and a gel.
conglomerate	Form a conglomerate by merging diverse firms. The urge to conglomerate has long been out of fashion in American boardrooms.
consider together	Give careful consideration to.
consolidate	Combine (a number of financial accounts or funds) into a single overall account or set of accounts. Consolidated accounts.
fuse	Cause an electrical appliance to stop working when a fuse melts. Intermarriage had fused the families into a large unit.
group	Form a group or groups. Molluscs are grouped into seven different classes.
join	Cause to become joined or linked. Her brothers joined up in 1914.
mass	Join together into a mass or collect or form a mass. Clouds massed heavily on the horizon.
merge	Blend or cause to blend gradually into something else so as to become indistinguishable from it. The merchant bank merged with another broker.
mix	Mix together different elements. The people he mixed with were nothing to do with show business.
pool	Of liquid form a pool on the ground or another surface. We pooled resources.
put	Put into a certain place or abstract location. A large aid programme was put into practice.
throw	Throw a die out onto a flat surface. The man who throws a race is a crook for life.
unite	Be or become joined or united or linked. She unites charm with a good business sense.

Usage Examples of "Lump" as a verb

• Many arguments are based on one side lumping and the other splitting.
• The coalman had to lump one-hundredweight sacks right through the house.
• Lump together all the applicants.
• Hong Kong and Bangkok tend to be lumped together in holiday brochures.
• Nigel didn't like being lumped in with prisoners.

Associations of "Lump" (30 Words)

bagatelle	A game in which small balls are hit and then allowed to roll down a sloping board on which there are holes, each numbered with the score achieved if a ball goes into it, with pins acting as obstructions. Dealing with these boats was a mere bagatelle for the world s oldest yacht club.
ball	Form into a ball by winding or rolling. The mayor threw out the first ball.
bouncy	Bouncing or causing things to bounce. She was still the girl he remembered bouncy and full of life.
chunk	Group or chunk together in a certain order or place side by side. Pupils are able to chunk phrases or propositions into units.
clump	Form a clump or clumps. They sat on the wall in clumps of two and three.
core	Remove the core or center from. The ball has a titanium core.
diameter	A straight line passing from side to side through the centre of a body or figure, especially a circle or sphere.
flesh	Remove adhering flesh from hides when preparing leather manufacture. I have fleshed my bloodhound.
golf	Play golf. He was a fixture at the golf club in Rockport where he golfed until his early nineties.
juggle	Organize (information or figures) in order to give a particular impression. Charles juggled five tangerines his hands a frantic blur.
juggling	Throwing and catching several objects simultaneously.
kernel	The choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience. The milky kernel of the wheat grain.
kick	Kick a leg up. The team s kicking was excellent.
large	Fairly large or important in effect influential. Many large investors are likely to take a different view.
marrow	Very tender and very nutritious tissue from marrowbones. A bone marrow transplant.
mass	Join together into a mass or collect or form a mass. Both countries began massing troops in the region.
massive	A group of young people from a particular area with a common interest in dance music. The Bristol massive.
meat	The flesh of an animal, typically a mammal or bird, as food (the flesh of domestic fowls is sometimes distinguished as poultry. Place meat and poultry in the refrigerator immediately.
monolithic	(of a building) very large and characterless. The monolithic proportions of Stalinist architecture.
monumental	Great in importance, extent, or size. Einstein s monumental contributions to physics.
pith	Remove the pith from a plant. Peel and pith the oranges.
pork	The flesh of a pig used as food, especially when uncured. Roast pork.
rebound	The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot. He is still on the rebound from his wife s death.
roller	Relating to or involving roller skates. The sheets moved through rollers and down the folding machine.
soccer	A football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents’ goal.
sphere	The apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected. The markers on the route included two conspicuous black spheres.
sphericity	The roundness of a 3-dimensional object.
volley	Be dispersed in a volley. He took his chance well volleying into the top corner from 25 yards.
volleyball	An inflated ball used in playing volleyball.
wallow	A depression containing mud or shallow water formed by the wallowing of large mammals. He had been wallowing in self pity.