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

1 sense of lumbering

Sense 1
lumbering -- (the trade of cutting or preparing or selling timber)
       => trade, craft -- (the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb lumber

2 senses of lumber

Sense 1
lumber, pound -- (move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room")
       => walk -- (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet")

Sense 2
log, lumber -- (cut lumber, as in woods and forests)
       => fell, drop, strike down, cut down -- (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers")

Antonyms of adj lumbering

1 sense of lumbering

Sense 1
heavy, lumbering, ponderous -- (slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn")

INDIRECT (VIA heavy-footed) -> light-footed -- ((of movement) having a light and springy step; "a light-footed girl")

Similarity of adj lumbering

1 sense of lumbering

Sense 1
heavy, lumbering, ponderous -- (slow and laborious because of weight; "the heavy tread of tired troops"; "moved with a lumbering sag-bellied trot"; "ponderous prehistoric beasts"; "a ponderous yawn")
       => heavy-footed (vs. light-footed) -- ((of movement) lacking ease or lightness; "his tired heavy-footed walk")

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