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

2 senses of stunt

Sense 1
stunt -- (check the growth or development of; "You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles")
       => impede, hinder -- (be a hindrance or obstacle to; "She is impeding the progress of our project")

Sense 2
stunt -- (perform a stunt or stunts)
       => perform, execute, do -- (carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance")

Antonyms of adj stunted

1 sense of stunted

Sense 1
scrawny, scrubby, stunted -- (inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees")

INDIRECT (VIA inferior) -> superior -- (of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students")

Similarity of adj stunted

1 sense of stunted

Sense 1
scrawny, scrubby, stunted -- (inferior in size or quality; "scrawny cattle"; "scrubby cut-over pine"; "old stunted thorn trees")
       => inferior (vs. superior) -- (of low or inferior quality)

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