TROMP Synonyms: 255 Similar and Opposite Words

tromp

verb

ˈträmp

Definition of tromp

as in to stomp

to move heavily or clumsily sleepily tromped into the bathroom, tripping over a pile of dirty laundry along the way

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as in to trample

to tread on heavily so as to crush or injure the kids tromped my flowers to smithereens

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as in to bury

to defeat by a large margin sure, I lost the election, but I didn't get tromped, so I'll see you again in four years

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as in to stroll

to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure the scouts tromped through the dell, mostly just following the course of the creek

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as in to lick

to strike repeatedly tromped the bully, giving him a taste of his own medicine

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Recent Examples of tromp At the dawn of the 20th century, a logger played by Joel Edgerton tromps through the woods cutting down timber that will build a country which is rapidly leaving him behind. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026 The Danish-made felt boots with rubber soles have proven to be the ideal inside-outside shoe, with ankle-high coverage that adds just enough protection to tromp around through a light dusting of snow or stroll along a woodsy trail. — Lily Ritter, Outside, 18 Nov. 2025 Our picks are based on first-hand experience testing in the field on real trips (alas, we don't get paid to tromp around the wilderness). — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024 Then, as people prepared to file out into the freezing night, many first stopped to tromp on the fake snow and greet the tall human tree — who obliged by shaking his branches. — Jocelyn Noveck, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for tromp

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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

The 307-mile Great Redwood Trail planned along a defunct Northern California rail line is colliding with the Wailaki tribe, as members decry hikers trampling ancestral villages and graves.

— Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
Philbrick, a seasoned and popular chronicler of the American past, is equally concerned with those who got trampled by the rush as with those who rode it to astonishing heights of wealth and influence.

— Richard Kreitner, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of trample

Verb

Moments later, a male lion strolled out of the thin trees behind me, settling by the pond for a drink.

— Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
Over the next two hours, friends stroll by, on bike and on foot, stopping to catch up for a while before continuing on.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of stroll

Verb

Occupying a particularly picturesque and secluded stretch of headland, where Aleppo pines drape rocky coves and the cerulean Mediterranean waves lick the similarly shaded horizon, the resort is the hospitality group’s first foray into the Balearics.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
Some wagged their tails as people approached, licked their hands and even liked to be petted.

— Alida de Flamingh, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of lick

Verb

Charlotte also turned the ball over on its first possession of the second half when Naz Reid (a game-high seven turnovers, but also a team-high 17 points) threw it away.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
Just over a week before Wicker began filming in Hungary, costume designers András Dániel Tóth and Attila Godena-Juhász, who work together as András + Attila, were thrown one big curveball.

— Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026

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