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

Need another word that means the same as “pump”? Find 39 synonyms and 30 related words for “pump” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Pump” are: force, drive, push, send, transport, raise, inject, spurt, spout, squirt, jet, surge, spew, gush, stream, flow, flood, pour, spill, rush, well, cascade, run, course, discharge, inflate, blow up, ask, question, question intensely, question persistently, quiz, interrogate, probe, put questions to, sound out, catechize, heart, ticker

Pump as a Noun

Definitions of "Pump" as a noun

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

• A low-cut shoe without fastenings.
• A mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction.
• The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body.
• An active transport mechanism in living cells by which specific ions are moved through the cell membrane against a concentration gradient.
• An instance of moving something by or as if by a pump.
• A mechanical device using suction or pressure to raise or move liquids, compress gases, or force air into inflatable objects such as tyres.
• A pump-action shotgun.

Synonyms of "Pump" as a noun (2 Words)

heart	The region of the chest above the heart. The child won everyone s heart.
ticker	A character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape.

Usage Examples of "Pump" as a noun

• A petrol pump.
• The shotgun was a 12-gauge pump.
• The bacterium's sodium pump.
• The pump of blood to her heart.

Pump as a Verb

Definitions of "Pump" as a verb

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

• Apply and release (a brake pedal or lever) several times in quick succession, typically to prevent skidding.
• Move vigorously up and down.
• Move up and down.
• Shoot (bullets) into (a target.
• Deliver forth.
• Move in spurts as though driven by a pump.
• Fill (something such as a tyre or balloon) with liquid or gas using a pump.
• Force (liquid, gas, etc.) to move by or as if by means of a pump.
• Operate like a pump; move up and down, like a handle or a pedal.
• Question persistently.
• Draw (milk) from the breast using a breast pump, typically in order to feed a baby by means of a bottle.
• Draw or pour with a pump.
• Flow intermittently.
• Raise (gases or fluids) with a pump.
• Supply in great quantities.
• Try to elicit information from (someone) by persistent questioning.

Synonyms of "Pump" as a verb (37 Words)

ask	Require or ask for as a price or condition. Don t be afraid to ask for advice.
blow up	Spend thoughtlessly; throw away.
cascade	Rush down in big quantities like a cascade. Blonde hair cascaded down her back.
catechize	Give religious instructions to. Mrs Garrowby had catechized her sister about this unknown quantity.
course	Hunt with hounds. She would course for hares with her greyhounds.
discharge	Go off or discharge. He discharged his resentment in the harmless form of memoirs.
drive	Be licensed or competent to drive a motor vehicle. A car drives up and a man gets out.
flood	Of a flood force someone to leave their home. She flooded the room with light.
flow	Cause to flow. Ventilation channels keep the air flowing.
force	Urge or force a person to an action constrain or motivate. Sabine forced a smile.
gush	Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet. The tanker began to gush oil from its damaged hull.
inflate	Become inflated. He has inflated the money supply to allow companies to continue in their old ways.
inject	Take by injection. The doctor injected a painkilling drug.
interrogate	Ask questions of (someone) closely, aggressively, or formally. An interactive system enables users to interrogate the database.
jet	Fly a jet plane. Blood jetted from his nostrils.
pour	Pour out. Black smoke poured out of the engine.
probe	Examine physically with or as if with a probe. Hands probed his body from top to bottom.
push	Make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby. She pushed her way through the crowded streets.
put questions to	Formulate in a particular style or language.
question	Pose a series of questions to. We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion.
question intensely	Place in doubt or express doubtful speculation.
question persistently	Conduct an interview in television, newspaper, and radio reporting.
quiz	Ask (someone) questions. We got quizzed on French irregular verbs.
raise	Raise the level or amount of something. The king raised him to the title of Count Torre Bella.
run	Move about freely and without restraint or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way. I m hoping to run him in the Portland Handicap.
rush	Cause to move fast or to rush or race. The water rushed in through the great oaken gates.
send	Send a message or letter. Send your document as a PDF attachment.
sound out	Announce by means of a sound.
spew	Vomit. The volcano spews out molten rocks every day.
spill	(of a number of people) move out of somewhere quickly. Passengers baggage had spilled out of the hold.
spout	Gush forth in a sudden stream or jet. Volcanoes spouted ash and lava.
spurt	Move or act with a sudden increase in speed or energy. He cut his finger and blood spurted over the sliced potatoes.
squirt	Cause to come out in a squirt. Radio equipment could squirt a million words from one continent to another.
stream	Transmit or receive (data, especially video and audio material) over the internet as a steady, continuous flow. Their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind.
surge	(of a crowd or a natural force) move suddenly and powerfully forward or upward. Shares surged to a record high.
transport	Transport commercially. The book transported her to new worlds.
well	Come up, as of a liquid. The currents well up.

Usage Examples of "Pump" as a verb

• My veins had been pumped full of glucose.
• Pump the gas pedal.
• I pumped him about his political activities.
• The athlete pumps weights in the gym.
• He pumped two shots into the van's front tyre.
• She began to pump her friend for details.
• The school teaches its students to brake by pumping the pedal.
• I've exclusively pumped for my youngest.
• Pump bullets into the dummy.
• She pumped the witnesses for information.
• She struggled with pumping enough milk.
• We had to pump the handle like mad.
• Blood was pumping from a wound in his shoulder.
• That's superb running—look at his legs pumping.
• The blood is pumped around the body.
• I pumped the tyres and oiled the chain.

Associations of "Pump" (30 Words)

air	Expose to warm or heated air so as to dry. An air of mystery.
atomizer	A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist. Spray the bouquet with water from an atomizer to keep it fresh.
cleaner	A device for cleaning such as a vacuum cleaner. She s one of the office cleaners.
cleanup	The act of making something clean.
conduit	A person or organization that acts as a channel for the transmission of something. Nearby springs supplied the conduit which ran into the brewery.
diesel	German engineer born in France who invented the diesel engine 1858 1913. Eleven litres of diesel.
emptiness	The quality of being valueless or futile. Feelings of emptiness and loneliness.
empty	Become empty or void of its content. She put down her empty cup.
engine	A fire engine. A siege engine.
exhaust	The system through which exhaust gases are expelled. Exhaust one s savings.
fluid	Characteristic of a fluid capable of flowing and easily changing shape. The paint is more fluid than tube watercolours.
fumes	Gases ejected from an engine as waste products.
generator	Engine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy by electromagnetic induction. He was the generator of several complaints.
hollow	As if echoing in a hollow space. A hollow tree.
hose	Water or spray with a hose. Elizabethan doublet and hose.
hydraulic	Of or relating to the study of hydraulics. Hydraulic analysis of streams.
hypodermic	A piston syringe that is fitted with a hypodermic needle for giving injections. Hypodermic needle.
inhale	Breathe in (air, gas, smoke, etc. She took the cigarette and inhaled deeply.
inject	Inject oneself with a narcotic drug especially habitually. He injected his voice with a confidence he didn t feel.
insulin	A hormone produced in the pancreas by the islets of Langerhans which regulates the amount of glucose in the blood The lack of insulin causes a form of diabetes.
motor	Travel in a motor vehicle. Motor nerves.
siphon	Draw off or convey liquid by means of a siphon. Siphon gas into the tank.
suction	Empty or clean a body cavity by the force of suction. The doctors had to suction the water from the patient s lungs.
syringe	A device similar to a syringe used in gardening or cooking. I had my ears syringed.
tube	A woman s fallopian tubes. Colour tubes for portables.
turbine	A machine for producing continuous power in which a wheel or rotor, typically fitted with vanes, is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water, steam, gas, air, or other fluid.
vacancy	An available room in a hotel or other establishment providing accommodation. A vacancy for a shorthand typist.
vaccinate	Treat (someone) with a vaccine to produce immunity against a disease. The law required employers to vaccinate healthcare workers.
vacuum	A vacuum cleaner. The political vacuum left by the death of the Emperor.
void	The state of nonexistence. Null and void.