lump
1 of 4noun
ˈləmp 
1
: a piece or mass of indefinite size and shape
a lump of coal
a lump of clay
2
a
: aggregate, totality
taken in the lump
b
: majority
few candidates ever started with such a lump who did not get the nomination
R. L. Strout
R. L. Strout3
: protuberance
especially : an abnormal swelling
came to with nothing more than a lump on his head
4
: a person who is heavy and awkward
a lump of a man
also : one who is stupid or dull
5
lumps plural
a
: beatings, bruises
had taken a lot of lumps growing up in the city
b
: defeat, loss
can cheerfully take his lumps on losers, because the payout is big on the winners Martin Mayer
Martin Mayerlump
2 of 4verb (1)
lumped; lumping; lumps
transitive verb
1
: to group indiscriminately
2
: to make into lumps
also : to make lumps on or in
3
: to move noisily and clumsily
intransitive verb
1
: to become formed into lumps
2
: to move oneself noisily and clumsily
lump
3 of 4adjective
: not divided into parts : entire
a lump sum
lump
4 of 4verb (2)
lumped; lumping; lumps
transitive verb
: to put up with
like it or lump it
Synonyms
Noun
- blob
- chunk
- clod
- clot
- clump
- dollop
- glob
- gob
- gobbet
- hunk
- knob
- nub
- nubble
- nugget
- wad
Verb (1)
- accumulate
- amass
- assemble
- bulk (up)
- collect
- concentrate
- congregate
- constellate
- corral
- garner
- gather
- group
- pick up
- round up
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
Noun turning a lump of clay into a beautiful pot He got a lump on his head after bumping into the doorway.
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Noun
Workers would then get a 4% raise in July 2023 and 4.5% increase in July 2024, as well as five annual $1,000 lump-sum payments. Ken Thomas, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022 Before Wednesday’s marathon talks, rail operators had already agreed to compensation changes including a 24% compound wage increase over the deal’s five-year term and an annual lump-sum bonus payment totaling $5,000. Leticia Miranda, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022 FanDuel does not award the free bets as a lump sum. Catena Media, al, 12 Sep. 2022 The man decided to receive his prize in a one-time lump sum payment of $693,000 rather than 30 annuity payments for the full amount. Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2022 Whether to make monthly payments or receive a considerable discount by making one lump-sum payment will largely depend on your financial health. Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022 Real lump crabmeat and tiny shrimp come together to make this handheld appetizer meaty and delicious. Kristy Alpert, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Aug. 2022 All oysters are up at least 15% to 20% over 2019 and some other examples of the largest increases include are halibut, Chilean seabass, swordfish, jumbo lump crabmeat, Barents Sea crab legs and many more. John Mariani, Forbes, 5 July 2022 One-time lump sum payment of 300 euros for pensioners. Steven Arons, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2022 Verb
Some economists also lump the Great Recession into this group. Q.ai - Powering A Personal Wealth Movement, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 But large databases on American religion often lump Others in with the Nones. Byron R. Johnson And Jeff Levin, WSJ, 28 July 2022 And keep in mind that as interest rates rise, lump sum pension values decrease. Amy Wagner And Steve Sprovach, The Enquirer, 5 May 2022 According to Netflix, the series will have the biggest cast and lump sum prize money in reality TV history: 456 contestants and $4.56 million, respectively. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 14 June 2022 His theories about elections tend to lump all Chicago Democrats together, so that Michelle and Barack Obama are considered just as capable of unsavory political tactics as the two Daleys who governed Chicago for decades. Megan O’matz, ProPublica, 25 May 2022 Privacy advocates, for their part, worried that even though Floc data would lump people into groups, ad companies would eventually be able to identify individuals, and sensitive information about them, by collecting enough Floc data. Sam Schechner, WSJ, 25 Jan. 2022 Furthermore, some payers continue to lump obesity drugs together with lifestyle medications. Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 1 May 2022 Right-wingers, but also liberals, lump everything in with trafficking. ELLE, 11 Apr. 2022 Adjective
The Malaysian government has offered monthly assistance to the unemployed and lump payments to workers in certain sectors. Matt Apuzzo, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2020 The menu includes grilled salmon salad on a corn tostada, red fish with tomato artichoke beurre blanc sauce, enchiladas with lump crab meat, chocolate strawberries and churros. Audrey Eads, Dallas News, 7 Feb. 2020 This means making sure you get paid for all your unused vacation time or PTO, and, if applicable, understanding the options for your company stock and pension (for example, single life, lump sum, or joint with survivor). Nathan Bachrach And Amy Wagner, Cincinnati.com, 4 Feb. 2020 States under the total lump sum block-grant model would be required to keep health service spending at a level of at least 80% of the target. Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020 Under the wages provision in the new contract, a firefighter who has been on the force for five years, earning $57,900, would get a 5 percent lump sum payment of $2,895. Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 24 Jan. 2020 If that funding is converted to a block grant, a state could get a limited, lump sum of federal money instead. Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2020 Members will also receive raises equal to 6% of wages over the life of the contract, and two lump sum payments equal to 4% of annual wages. Chris Isidore, CNN, 11 Dec. 2019 In the deal, workers would receive $9,000 before taxes, plus lump sum payments for skilled-trades workers of $1,000 this year and in 2021. Grace Schneider, The Courier-Journal, 16 Nov. 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun, Verb (1), and Adjective
Middle English
Verb (2)
origin unknown
First Known Use
Noun
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1624, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1
Adjective
circa 1700, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1791, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing lump
Kids Definition
lump 1 of 3
noun
ˈləmp
1
: a small piece or chunk
a lump of coal
2
: a swelling or growth
She got a lump on her forehead.
3
: a tight feeling in the throat caused by emotion
lump
2 of 3verb
lumped; lumping
1
: to group together
Lump all the clothing into one pile.
2
: to form into lumps
The gravy lumped.
lump
3 of 3adjective
: not divided into parts
a lump sum
Medical Definition
lump
noun
ˈləmp
1
: a piece or mass of indefinite size and shape
2
: an abnormal mass or swelling
presenting as a neck lump
lump 1 of 3
noun
1
as in chunk
a small uneven mass she dumped a lump of clay on the table and started to sculpt Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- chunk
- clump
- hunk
- wad
- glob
- blob
- gob
- piece
- gobbet
- dollop
- clod
- nub
- clot
- knob
- nugget
- bead
- globule
- nubble
- drop
- patch
- portion
- bit
- particle
- bulk
- scrap
- crumb
- block
- chip
- body
- granule
- nubbin
- morsel
2
as in swelling
a small rounded mass of swollen tissue I got a good-sized lump on my head from that fall Synonyms & Similar Words
- swelling
- nodule
- bump
- bruise
- tumor
- node
- wart
- knot
- clump
- blister
- chunk
- welt
- blob
- boil
- contusion
- growth
- hump
- gob
- hunch
- hunk
- gobbet
- knob
- nub
- wad
- clod
- nugget
- nubble
3
as in tumor
an abnormal mass of tissue advised by her doctor to examine her breasts regularly for unusual lumps Synonyms & Similar Words
- tumor
- cyst
- excrescence
- neoplasm
- carcinoma
- polyp
- malignancy
- growth
- wart
- melanoma
- lymphoma
- excrescency
- cancer
- tubercle
- outgrowth
4
as in beating
failure to win a contest you can't win all the time, so learn to take your lumps in stride Synonyms & Similar Words
- beating
- defeat
- loss
- licking
- whipping
- trimming
- setback
- plastering
- overthrow
- trouncing
- failure
- drubbing
- upset
- rout
- shellacking
- collapse
- flop
- lurch
- fizzle
- fiasco
- nonsuccess
- washout
- whitewash
- shutout
- debacle
- débâcle
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- triumph
- victory
- success
- win
- sweep
- accomplishment
- achievement
- runaway
- landslide
- blowout
- romp
- cakewalk
- walkaway
- walkover
5
as in idiot
a stupid person gazed disgustedly at the lump her daughter had married Synonyms & Similar Words
- idiot
- moron
- stupid
- goose
- pinhead
- dummy
- prat
- loser
- mutt
- natural
- blockhead
- jerk
- turkey
- lunatic
- dip
- noodle
- clot
- clunk
- ignoramus
- hammerhead
- golem
- dumbbell
- stupe
- saphead
- loggerhead
- dolt
- dunce
- lunkhead
- fool
- bonehead
- dim bulb
- numskull
- dullard
- donkey
- imbecile
- dunderhead
- noddy
- cluck
- clodpole
- chowderhead
- knucklehead
- goof
- goon
- stock
- dumb cluck
- nit
- ratbag
- hardhead
- oaf
- dumbhead
- dork
- cretin
- fathead
- meathead
- doofus
- woodenhead
- clodpoll
- thickhead
- gander
- dope
- clown
- deadhead
- snake
- dimwit
- cuddy
- schnook
- villain
- mome
- ninny
- booby
- cuddie
- simpleton
- lamebrain
- airhead
- yahoo
- jackass
- loon
- chucklehead
- dummkopf
- bubblehead
- dodo
- numbskull
- shlub
- schlub
- nincompoop
- know-nothing
- mug
- nut
- nimrod
- ninnyhammer
- nitwit
- creep
- loony
- dum-dum
- birdbrain
- skunk
- yo-yo
- buffoon
- beast
- half-wit
- heel
- cur
- madman
- stinker
- gawk
- zany
- featherbrain
- scatterbrain
- cad
- boor
- churl
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- brain
- genius
- intellect
- sage
- intellectual
- whiz
- thinker
- wizard
- sharpie
- sharpy
- polymath
- Renaissance man
6
as in hulk
a big clumsy often slow-witted person standing next to those ballet dancers, with their graceful way of moving, I felt like a lump Synonyms & Similar Words
- hulk
- loser
- clod
- goose
- snake
- turkey
- mutt
- lug
- idiot
- creep
- moron
- villain
- turkey
- beast
- clown
- brute
- stupid
- gawk
- heel
- skunk
- palooka
- oaf
- lout
- lunatic
- dummy
- prat
- natural
- chump
- clodhopper
- pinhead
- lubber
- nut
- stock
- dip
- fool
- Neanderthal
- blockhead
- blunderer
- cur
- noodle
- booby
- clunk
- clot
- ignoramus
- hammerhead
- looney
- golem
- stinker
- donkey
- dumbbell
- slouch
- stupe
- loggerhead
- dunce
- dolt
- galoot
- rogue
- lunkhead
- bonehead
- nit
- louse
- imbecile
- dullard
- numskull
- cluck
- noddy
- dunderhead
- anthropoid
- clodpole
- knucklehead
- goof
- chowderhead
- schlemiel
- goon
- dim bulb
- hardhead
- ratbag
- tike
- fathead
- dork
- meathead
- yahoo
- mug
- saphead
- loony
- doofus
- cad
- gander
- woodenhead
- dope
- ape
- clodpoll
- thickhead
- deadhead
- dimwit
- cuddy
- schnook
- cretin
- mome
- ninny
- airhead
- simp
- simpleton
- shlemiel
- cuddie
- loon
- jackass
- boor
- dummkopf
- tyke
- bubblehead
- dodo
- churl
- dumbhead
- numbskull
- shlub
- featherbrain
- rascal
- madman
- nincompoop
- lamebrain
- know-nothing
- chucklehead
- scatterbrain
- nimrod
- scamp
- schlub
- ninnyhammer
- nitwit
- birdbrain
- dum-dum
- yo-yo
- half-wit
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- brain
- sage
- intellectual
- genius
- whiz
- thinker
- wizard
- brainiac
lump
2 of 3verb
1
as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place when we lumped all of our pocket change together, we found that we had just enough a buy a carton of ice cream Synonyms & Similar Words
- collect
- assemble
- gather
- group
- accumulate
- amass
- corral
- garner
- pack
- pile
- round up
- concentrate
- get together
- combine
- join
- congregate
- constellate
- ball
- heap
- stack
- cluster
- batch
- bunch
- bulk (up)
- pick up
- unite
- band
- huddle
- brigade
- merge
- organize
- swarm
- flock
- raise
- arrange
- pool
- throng
- herd
- press
- hive
- rally
- link
- compile
- muster
- connect
- archive
- collate
- systematize
- regroup
- scrape (up or together)
- re-collect
- regather
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- separate
- dissolve
- scatter
- disperse
- dissipate
- dispel
- split (up)
- break up
- dismiss
- send
- disintegrate
- sever
- disband
2
as in to shuffle
to move heavily or clumsily while I was on crutches, I was lumping about the house like an elephant Synonyms & Similar Words
- shuffle
- stomp
- clump
- stumble
- barge
- slough
- stump
- pound
- lurch
- flounder
- haul
- stamp
- lumber
- tramp
- shamble
- scuffle
- drag
- galumph
- weave
- trudge
- scuff
- slog
- plod
- flog
- flop
- stagger
- tromp
- sway
- waddle
- dodder
- blunder
- reel
- wabble
- wobble
- totter
- careen
- teeter
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- coast
- slide
- breeze
- whisk
- float
- glide
- drift
- hang
- hover
- waltz
- waft
- poise
lump
3 of 3adjective
as in total
Synonyms & Similar Words
- total
- all
- unalloyed
- unadulterated
- utter
- whole
- concentrated
- unqualified
- undivided
- complete
- full
- absolute
- entire
- thorough
- focused
- integral
- focussed
- exclusive
- teetotal
- perfect
- intact
- unbroken
- comprehensive
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- divided
- scattered
- diffuse
- partial
- incomplete
- deficient
- halfway
- fragmentary
- fragmental