Synonyms of lumbers

lumbers

verb

present tense third-person singular of lumber

1

as in shuffles

to move heavily or clumsily

the elephant lumbered through the jungle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffles
• stomps
• stumbles
• trudges
• barges
• lurches
• flounders
• drags
• weaves
• staggers
• plods
• sloughs
• hauls
• clumps
• shambles
• stamps
• stumps
• pounds
• lumps
• slogs
• tramps
• scuffs
• flogs
• tromps
• waddles
• sways
• galumphs
• scuffles
• flops
• totters
• careens
• teeters
• reels
• blunders
• wobbles
• wabbles
• dodders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glides
• slides
• waltzes
• whisks
• floats
• hangs
• hovers
• drifts
• wafts
• breezes
• poises
• coasts

2

as in stumbles

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

the novel's plot lumbers to its predictable conclusion after 500 long pages

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbles
• struggles
• trudges
• shuffles
• limps
• flounders
• lurches
• plods
• blunders
• jogs
• fumbles
• staggers
• sways
• bumbles
• flogs
• falters
• wallows
• totters
• reels
• shambles
• teeters
• welters
• muddles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glides
• flies
• sails
• zooms
• zips
• coasts
• kilts

3

as in rumbles

to make a low heavy rolling sound

the horse-drawn wagon lumbered along the trail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rumbles
• growls
• rolls
• grumbles
• bellows
• drums
• thunders
• booms

4

as in loads

to place a weight or burden on

preparations that will lumber the expedition with unnecessary equipment and supplies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• fills
• packs
• burdens
• encumbers
• weighs
• saddles
• weights
• freights
• piles
• stacks
• ladens
• clutters
• lades
• overtaxes
• afflicts
• clogs
• hampers
• taxes
• overburdens
• presses
• heaps
• overloads
• mounds
• oppresses
• handicaps
• surcharges
• strains

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unloads
• discharges
• unburdens
• eases
• relieves
• lightens
• alleviates
• unlades
• disencumbers
• disburdens