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

4 senses of plump

Sense 1
plummet, plump -- (drop sharply; "The stock market plummeted")
       => drop -- (to fall vertically; "the bombs are dropping on enemy targets")

Sense 2
plank, flump, plonk, plop, plunk, plump down, plunk down, plump -- (set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise; "He planked the money on the table"; "He planked himself into the sofa")
       => set down, put down, place down -- (cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here")

Sense 3
fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up -- (make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child")
       => change, alter, modify -- (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue")

Sense 4
plump, go -- (give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number; "I plumped for the losing candidates")
       => choose, take, select, pick out -- (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives; "Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her")

Antonyms of adj plumping

1 sense of plumping

Sense 1
plumping -- (very large; of exceptional size for its kind; "won by a plumping majority")

INDIRECT (VIA large, big) -> small, little -- (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group")
INDIRECT (VIA large, big) -> small, little -- (limited or below average in number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a little dining room"; "a little house"; "a small car"; "a little (or small) group")

Similarity of adj plumping

1 sense of plumping

Sense 1
plumping -- (very large; of exceptional size for its kind; "won by a plumping majority")
       => large (vs. small), big (vs. little) -- (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world")

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