Synonyms for lump
Definitions
- n. 1
Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together; a cluster or blob; a mound or mass of no particular shape.
Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps.
- n. 2
A swelling or nodule of tissue under the skin or in an internal part of the body.
Lumps in the breasts are an indicator of breast cancer.
- n. 3
A group, set, or unit.
The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- lumps → chunks, masses, slices, clumps…
Example sentences
- slice I think I still have a slice of pizza in the oven.
- chunk Tourism could bring Algeria a big chunk of income.
- blob Wait a minute. Did you call me "blob"?
- clump That's not a stone. It's just a clump of dirt.
- clod I thought she was a clod at first, but we're happy on our farm now.
By length
- 3 letters
- bit1, oaf
- 4 letters
- body2, ball1, mass1, hill1, chip1, bulk1, bump1, dent1, knob1, blob1, goon1, hunk1, glob1, gawk1
- 5 letters
- piece1, block1, bunch1, slice1, chunk1, hunch1, crumb1, clump1
- 6 letters
- clumsy2, nugget2, dollop2, lubber2, lummox
- 7 letters
- cutting2, portion2, combine2, cluster2
- 8 letters
- particle3, swelling2, fragment2
- 9 letters
- aggregate3, puffiness
- 10 letters
- stumblebum
- 11 letters
- agglomerate4
- 12 letters
- protuberance4
- 13 letters
- agglomeration5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (body2 = 2 syllables).