STUMP Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

stump 1 of 2

verb

Definition of stump

as in to shuffle

to move heavily or clumsily the seemingly endless parade finally ended, and the drummers and tuba players stumped wearily to their buses

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as in to dare

to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a feat when my grandfather was a kid, he and his friends would stump one another to dive into the local swimming hole

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stump

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noun

as in residue

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whole

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Recent Examples of stump

Verb

Both lawmakers stumped for El-Sayed during the Senate primary. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Newsom will stump for Democrats in four New Hampshire cities on Saturday and has raised $526,000 via his small-donor list for the state Democratic Party, according to his political team. — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

Noun

More suckers may continue to appear for several years unless the stump is ground up or treated with tree stump killer. — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2026 Ervine and Raza shared a 98-run stand off 104 balls that gave the home team glimmer of hope before Ellis knocked back the off stump of Evans in the 31st over and also accounted for the wickets of two tail-enders. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for stump

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stump

Verb

It’s been more than a year since Ozzy Osbourne shuffled off this mortal coil.

— Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2026
The Current traded away some assets while shuffling stars like Michelle Cooper, Temwa Chawinga and Lorena in and out of the lineup.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of shuffle

Noun

The ice deflector inside the ice machine has debris and slime-like residue.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Nonstick pans are also significantly easier to wash than stainless steel models, requiring more scrubbing and elbow grease to clean leftover residue.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of residue

Verb

His creator, an unnamed basket-weaver (Peter Dinklage), braided him as a mate for a lonely virgin, a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who stomps around her rustic village smelling like sushi and tossing her head back in an Eliza Doolittle guffaw.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
But wrap a play in too much homespun folksiness and the thing starts to feel both suffocating and, despite all the driving tunes and stomping choreography in the world, suffocated.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of stomp

Verb

During the state elections in 1967, Jagdish Master, a teacher turned activist, challenged the veto of the landlords over Dalit suffrage by escorting a group of Dalits to a polling booth in Ekwari, a village in Bihar’s Bhojpur district.

— Asim Ali, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
The ban passed in April 2025 and is being challenged by a group of educators, students, parents and activists who say the law violates their 1st and 14th Amendment rights.

— Sophie Bates, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of challenge

Noun

At an elementary school, Salomon picks up three trash bins full of cafeteria food refuse, including what appears to be leftover Sloppy Joe meat in a clear bag swarmed by flies.

— Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
All night, bits of refuse on the wet floor of the North County Transfer Station have had time to mingle and ferment in the persistent coastal humidity.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of refuse

Verb

There was upset after upset, and a few teams were on the verge of stumbling as well.

— David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Next week will bring major risks for a stock market that's trying to find its footing as the AI trade continues to stumble, with several megacap earnings, a Federal Reserve meeting and a key inflation report in store.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of stumble

Noun

The Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act would apply to compensation paid directly related to a production, excluding residuals.

— Ted Johnson, Deadline, 24 Sep. 2026
Additionally, studios need to pay residuals to digital replicas used in reruns, and replicas cannot be used during a strike.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of residual

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