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