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Bump

/bʌmp/

A light blow or jolting collision.

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📖 Definitions of "Bump"

noun

1
A light blow or jolting collision.
2
The sound of such a collision.
3
A protuberance on a level surface.
4
A swelling on the skin caused by illness or injury.

verb

1
To knock against or run into with a jolt.
2
To move up or down by a step; displace.
"I bumped the font size up to make my document easier to read."
3
To post in an Internet forum thread in order to raise the thread's profile by returning it to the top of the list of active threads.
4
(of a superheated liquid) To suddenly boil, causing movement of the vessel and loss of liquid.

🔄 Synonyms of "Bump"

23 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
breakverb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
encounternoun	(transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
chancenoun	(countable) An opportunity or possibility.
hitverb	(heading, physical) To strike.
bulgenoun	An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
prominencenoun	The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.
humpnoun	A mound of earth.
relegateverb	Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
findverb	(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
knockverb	An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
displaceverb	To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
dislodgeverb	(transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
happenverb	(intransitive) To occur or take place.
excrescencenoun	Something, usually abnormal, which grows out of something else.
protrusionnoun	(countable) Anything that protrudes.
protuberancenoun	A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.
extrusionnoun	A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
gibbositynoun	The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.
demoteverb	(transitive) To lower the rank or status of.
gibbousnessnoun	The state or quality of being gibbous.
kick downstairsverb	assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
blownoun	(intransitive) To produce an air current.
jutnoun	(intransitive) To stick out.

↔️ Antonyms of "Bump"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
advancenoun	To help the progress of (something); to further.
promoteverb	(transitive) To advocate or urge on behalf of (something or someone); to attempt to popularize or sell by means of advertising or publicity.
elevateverb	(transitive) To raise (something) to a higher position.
raiseverb	(physical) To cause to rise; to lift or elevate.
upgradeverb	An improved component or replacement item, usually applied to technology.
kick upstairsverb	(transitive, informal, idiomatic) To promote (an employee considered troublesome) to a position of lesser influence, but of apparently higher status.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Bump"

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Word	Definition
knockverb	An abrupt rapping sound, as from an impact of a hard object against wood.
hitverb	(heading, physical) To strike.
blownoun	(intransitive) To produce an air current.
jutnoun	(intransitive) To stick out.
protrusionnoun	(countable) Anything that protrudes.
breakverb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
humpnoun	A mound of earth.
protuberancenoun	A bulge, knob, swelling, spine, or anything that protrudes.
bulgenoun	An object which is sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure.
displaceverb	To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
encounternoun	(transitive) To meet (someone) or find (something), especially unexpectedly.
demoteverb	(transitive) To lower the rank or status of.
dislodgeverb	(transitive) To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
gibbositynoun	The state of being gibbous or gibbose; gibbousness.
gibbousnessnoun	The state or quality of being gibbous.
findverb	(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
relegateverb	Consign (a person or thing) to a place, position, or role of obscurity, insignificance, oblivion, lower rank or (especially) inferiority.
happenverb	(intransitive) To occur or take place.
chancenoun	(countable) An opportunity or possibility.
prominencenoun	The state of being prominent: widely known or eminent.