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hump
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of HUMP
1
British a state of resentful silence or irritability <failing her A-levels has certainly given her the hump>
2
<failing her A-levels has certainly given her the hump> an elevation of land higher than a hill <a cloud-capped hump straddles the border separating the two countries>
Related Words cordillera, mountain range, range, sierra; inselberg, knob, seamount; aiguille, horn, mountaintop, pinnacle, summit
3
an area of high ground <the grassy hump at the center of the park is a popular sledding spot during the winter>
Related Words alp, mount, mountain, peak; butte, mesa, plateau, table, tableland; bluff, cliff, crag, precipice, steep, tor; ridge, sierra; dome, sugarloaf; foothill, hillock, hummock, knob, knoll; downs
Near Antonyms dale, dell, depression, dingle, glen, hollow, vale, valley; basin, bottom, bottomland, fen, flat, floodplain, plain, tidewater
Antonyms lowland
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