Synonyms of humped

humped

verb

past tense of hump

1

as in labored

to devote serious and sustained effort

the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains

Synonyms & Similar Words

• labored
• struggled
• worked
• endeavored
• tugged
• plowed
• tried
• hustled
• grubbed
• dug (away)
• toiled
• plodded
• sweat
• fagged
• slaved
• drudged
• slogged
• plugged
• strained
• strove
• travailed
• pegged (away)
• banged away
• moiled
• attacked
• scratched
• sweat blood
• drove
• beavered (away)
• dug in
• applied (oneself)
• hammered (away)
• exerted
• buckled (down)
• essayed
• pitched in
• waded
• exercised
• trudged
• eked out
• overworked
• scrabbled
• knuckled down
• overexerted
• ground (out)
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• broke
• slackened
• eased (up)
• chilled
• let up
• lounged
• rested
• lazed
• hung (around or out)
• idled
• shirked
• loafed
• bummed
• relaxed
• dallied
• goofed (off)
• slacked (off)
• hung
• lolled
• basked
• hacked (around)
• played
• unwound
• reposed
• goldbricked
• dabbled
• dillydallied
• doodled
• footled
• trifled
• fooled around
• vegged out
• messed around
• goofed (around)
• hung about
• puttered (around)
• pottered (around)
• monkeyed (around)
• fribbled

2

as in sped

to proceed or move quickly

the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sped
• trotted
• hurried
• raced
• scurried
• drove
• rushed
• traveled
• chased
• flew
• zipped
• jumped
• buzzed
• scooted
• stepped
• darted
• ran
• blew
• rammed
• ripped
• blasted
• bolted
• dashed
• hustled
• scuttled
• zoomed
• whirled
• barreled
• bowled
• blazed
• jogged
• tore
• hurtled
• hurled
• rustled
• careened
• rocketed
• hastened
• bustled
• shot
• belted
• cracked (on)
• motored
• careered
• nipped
• bundled
• pelted
• breezed
• whisked
• hied
• coursed
• galloped
• jetted
• beat it
• bombed
• hared
• cannonballed
• highballed
• stepped on it
• streaked
• flitted
• scampered
• made tracks
• scudded
• shook a leg
• hotfooted (it)
• got a move on
• sprinted
• accelerated
• whizzed
• stampeded
• scuffled
• beetled
• outpaced
• quickened
• overtook
• outstripped
• stepped out
• outran
• caught up
• arrowed
• fast-forwarded
• beelined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawled
• dragged
• crept
• poked
• lagged
• lingered
• poked
• hung (around or out)
• loitered
• strolled
• shuffled
• ambled
• sauntered
• tarried
• plodded
• lumbered
• dallied
• dawdled
• slowed (down or up)
• decelerated
• dillydallied

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of humped

Scientists rescued 34 endangered humped tree snails from Guam by collecting them in empty peanut butter jars ahead of a powerful typhoon. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

Poison Ivy Rorshach shimmied in a fishnet bodysuit, swinging her guitar to the band’s big beats from Badsville, while frontman Lux Interior ate his microphone, humped the floor, and then came again (pun intended) as Elvis Fucking Christ. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026

All of the animals skidded on the slick ice, but the frantic cow made it to the bank, humped her way to the top, and hooked her front legs over. — Frank Glaser, Outdoor Life, 1 Apr. 2026

Contractors then humped it east around Orange Lake to Jacksonville, an eighty-mile slog. — Literary Hub, 23 Feb. 2026

For 60 years, Marshall amplifiers have been humped on and off stages and carted all over the world. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025