Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun humpback

3 senses of humpback

Sense 1
kyphosis, humpback, hunchback -- (an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column)
       => spinal curvature -- (an abnormal curvature of the vertebral column)

Sense 2
humpback, hunchback, crookback -- (a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine)
       => cripple -- (someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back)

Sense 3
humpback, humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae -- (large whalebone whale with long flippers noted for arching or humping its back as it dives)
       => baleen whale, whalebone whale -- (whale with plates of whalebone along the upper jaw for filtering plankton from the water)