LUMBERING Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word lumbering. (close relations)
lumber
Best Alternative Words for LUMBERING
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| awkward | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance adjective satellite • causing inconvenience • difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape • not elegant or graceful in expression • hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment • socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner | ||||||||
| clumsy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lacking grace in movement or posture • not elegant or graceful in expression • difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape • showing lack of skill or aptitude | ||||||||
| heavy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • of comparatively great physical weight or density • unusually great in degree or quantity or number • of the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment • marked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness • of great intensity or power or force • (physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight noun • an actor who plays villainous roles • a serious (or tragic) role in a play adverb • slowly as if burdened by much weight adjective satellite • usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it • (used of soil) compact and fine-grained • darkened by clouds • (of an actor or role) being or playing the villain • permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter • of relatively large extent and density • made of fabric having considerable thickness • prodigious • full and loud and deep • given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors • of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought • slow and laborious because of weight • large and powerful; especially designed for heavy loads or rough work • dense or inadequately leavened and hence likely to cause distress in the alimentary canal • sharply inclined • full of; bearing great weight • requiring or showing effort • characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort • lacking lightness or liveliness • (of sleep) deep and complete • in an advanced stage of pregnancy | ||||||||
| ponderous | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • slow and laborious because of weight • having great mass and weight and unwieldiness • labored and dull | ||||||||
| slow | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||||
adjective • not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time • at a slow tempo • (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time adverb • without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly') • showing a time that is earlier than the actual time adjective satellite • slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity • so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness • (of business) not active or brisk verb • lose velocity; move more slowly • become slow or slower • cause to proceed more slowly | ||||||||
| sluggish | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • slow or slothful • (of business) not active or brisk • slow and apathetic | ||||||||
| ungainly | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • lacking grace in movement or posture • difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape | ||||||||
| log | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches • the exponent required to produce a given number • a written record of messages sent or received • a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane) • measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water verb • enter into a log, as on ships and planes • cut lumber, as in woods and forests | ||||||||
| pound | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972) • 16 ounces avoirdupois • the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence • a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy • the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters • the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters • the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters • formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence • the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters • the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents • a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec • a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) • a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs • the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) verb • hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument • strike or drive against with a heavy impact • move heavily or clumsily • move rhythmically • partition off into compartments • shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits • place or shut up in a pound • break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle | ||||||||
| timber | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material • a beam made of wood • a post made of wood • land that is covered with trees and shrubs • (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | ||||||||
| baseball bat | nounn | |||||||
noun • an implement used in baseball by the batter | ||||||||
