Synonyms of dump

dump 1 of 2

verb

ˈdəmp 

1

as in to leave

to end a usually intimate relationship with

all of her friends were surprised at how she just dumped him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leave
• ditch
• blow off
• abandon
• cut
• kiss off
• jilt
• break off (with)
• kiss good-bye
• snub
• brush (aside or off)
• cold-shoulder
• desert
• slight
• forsake
• high-hat
• maroon
• quit

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• take
• hook up (with)
• befriend
• latch (on or onto)

2

as in to unload

to get rid of as useless or unwanted

dump the trash on the curb and go back inside

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unload
• discard
• ditch
• lose
• scrap
• toss
• abandon
• shed
• chuck
• reject
• jettison
• junk
• remove
• cast (off)
• slough (off)
• throw away
• exorcize
• exorcise
• eliminate
• shuck (off)
• set aside
• fling (off or away)
• sluff (off)
• throw out
• dispose of
• lay by
• dismiss
• deep-six
• cashier
• pitch
• abolish
• abdicate
• forsake
• 86
• eighty-six
• desert
• kick out
• eradicate
• wipe out
• expunge
• exterminate
• liquidate
• extinguish
• annihilate
• extirpate
• stamp (out)
• root (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adopt
• use
• embrace
• take on
• utilize
• employ
• hold
• keep
• retain
• hold back

dump

2 of 2

noun

1

as in landfill

a place where discarded materials (as trash) are dumped

all of the used packaging eventually ends up in the dump

Synonyms & Similar Words

• landfill
• sanitary landfill
• tip
• junkyard
• dustbin
• mess
• midden
• transfer station
• kitchen midden
• dustheap
• pigpen
• pigsty
• sty

2

as in warehouse

a place where military arms are stored

a daring raid on the ammunition dump

Synonyms & Similar Words

• warehouse
• armory
• depot
• arsenal
• magazine
• fortress
• fort
• repository
• stronghold
• storehouse

3

as in mess

a dirty or messy place

his place is always a dump, so he almost never has people over

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mess
• hole
• pigpen
• hellhole
• shambles
• pigsty
• sty
• hell
• chaos
• disarray
• jumble
• snake pit
• confusion
• disorder
• litter
• muss
• muddle
• clutter
• disorganization
• disarrangement
• mishmash
• havoc
• mare's nest
• welter

Examples of dump in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The film looks at how 1.6 million tons of munitions, including chemical weapons, were dumped into the Baltic Sea and the North Sea after World War II. —Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Aug. 2024

Moving at 18 mph, the storm is expected to begin dumping heavy rain over Bermuda beginning Friday before passing near or over the archipelago on Saturday. —Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024

Noun

The chemicals apparently had leached into the water from waste dumps, where the company disposed of the chemicals, ending in the 1970s. —Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 6 June 2017

The latter came after Sandburg setter Connor Kelly put the Eagles on top with a dump and a block on consecutive plays. —Logan Malloy, Daily Southtown, 30 May 2017

Phrases Containing dump

• dump on