Synonyms for bump
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1. bumpnoun

   a lump on the body caused by a blow

   Synonyms:
   protrusion, extrusion, hump, excrescence, blow, protuberance, prominence, swelling, gibbousness, jut, gibbosity, bulge

2. bulge, bump, hump, swelling, gibbosity, gibbousness, jut, prominence, protuberance, protrusion, extrusion, excrescencenoun

   something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings

   "the gun in his pocket made an obvious bulge"; "the hump of a camel"; "he stood on the rocky prominence"; "the occipital protuberance was well developed"; "the bony excrescence between its horns"

   Synonyms:
   swelling, lump, expulsion, protrusion, prominence, gibbousness, jut, jutting, intumescence, extrusion, bulge, projection, protuberance, gibbosity, intumescency, blow, puffiness, hump, excrescence

3. blow, bumpverb

   an impact (as from a collision)

   "the bump threw him off the bicycle"

   Synonyms:
   swelling, nose candy, reversal, setback, gibbousness, jut, snow, coke, shock, extrusion, black eye, bulge, reverse, protuberance, gibbosity, puff, protrusion, blow, gust, prominence, hump, blast, excrescence

4. bump, knockverb

   knock against with force or violence

   "My car bumped into the tree"

   Synonyms:
   criticise, encounter, happen, chance, relegate, rap, tap, pink, knock, demote, break, kick downstairs, ping, find, pick apart, criticize, strike hard, dislodge

5. find, happen, chance, bump, encounterverb

   come upon, as if by accident; meet with

   "We find this idea in Plato"; "I happened upon the most wonderful bakery not very far from here"; "She chanced upon an interesting book in the bookstore the other day"

   Synonyms:
   line up, detect, recover, kick downstairs, find oneself, befall, take chances, get, get hold, run across, gamble, demote, fall out, find, pass off, retrieve, hazard, knock, rule, notice, meet, chance, determine, see, find out, come about, come up, play, take a chance, encounter, materialize, happen, go on, receive, feel, occur, risk, pass, incur, take place, come across, bechance, observe, run into, adventure, witness, dislodge, run a risk, ascertain, relegate, take on, hap, break, regain, obtain, materialise, discover

6. bumpverb

   dance erotically or dance with the pelvis thrust forward

   "bump and grind"

   Synonyms:
   kick downstairs, encounter, find, chance, dislodge, knock, demote, happen, break, relegate

7. demote, bump, relegate, break, kick downstairsverb

   assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

   "She was demoted because she always speaks up"; "He was broken down to Sergeant"

   Synonyms:
   crack, bar, give way, violate, break dance, give out, unwrap, fall apart, collapse, die, classify, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, break out, separate, split, give away, damp, smash, happen, knock, interrupt, offend, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, soften, reveal, divulge, pause, let on, get around, bust, wear out, cave in, encounter, break-dance, check, break up, breach, break in, give, split up, chance, better, burst, go bad, break off, disclose, find, erupt, recrudesce, submit, go against, dampen, break down, break away, fall in, let out, conk out, ruin, kick downstairs, part, infract, fail, come apart, bankrupt, develop, expose, break, banish, discontinue, intermit, dislodge, wear, pass on

8. dislodge, bumpverb

   remove or force from a position of dwelling previously occupied

   "The new employee dislodged her by moving into her office space"

   Synonyms:
   demote, kick downstairs, knock, shift, chance, dislodge, encounter, free, reposition, happen, break, relegate, find

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1. bumpnoun

   Synonyms:
   thump, knock, blow

2. bumpnoun

   Synonyms:
   swelling, protuberance

3. bumpnoun

   Synonyms:
   [colloquial, in allusion to the doctrine of phrenology that protuberances on the skull indicate faculties of the mind.] Faculty, power, endowment, gift

4. bumpverb

   Synonyms:
   knock, thump, strike, hit

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bumpnoun

   Synonyms:
   protuberance, prominence, lump, nodule, swelling

2. bumpverb

   Synonyms:
   jolt, jounce, thump

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1. List of paraphrases for "bump":

   hump, damper

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1. Alan Stern:

   We did hit a speed bump.

2. Dan LaBerge:

   Still, states like New Hampshire and others tend to see a bump in hotel stays and other areas, according to industry estimates and accounts on the ground. I am sure this is typical of the primary season, but we did see a spike in business and it has stuck around for a little while after, Alexandra Horton, owner of Cafe La Reine in Manchester, New Hampshire, told FoxNews.com. I would say that overall the primary season is good for downtown Manchester and all of the local businesses to gain national exposure, Alexandra Horton said. Dan LaBerge, manager at Billy’s Sports Bar Grillin Manchester, told FoxNews.com they saw between a 5-10 percent increase in business, though businesses in downtown Manchester had a bigger boost. We get a lot of people from Washington D.C. here, it often ends up being actual campaign workers -- we did a buffet for the Hillary campaign, so it’s really a mix. You get a lot of people from out of town, people they ship in.

3. Rod Woodruff:

   We got really a lot of people that are in private business and industry that camp here and what they'll tell you is that it's the Trump bump, the economy is so good and people are feeling so good.

4. Jessica Proud:

   The way she handled his attack on her appearance was really sharp and very effective and caused a lot of people to take notice, that was part of the bump that you saw -- everyone was talking about that line the next day.

5. Chief Executive Officer Almir Bendine:

   Even if we hit a road-bump we have sufficient cash through 2017, this doesn't mean if we have good opportunities to raise cash or lengthen maturities we won't do it.