Synonyms of bummer

bummer 1 of 2

noun (1)

ˈbə-mər 

1

as in accident

something (as a situation or event) that is depressing

boy, breaking your leg right before vacation is a bummer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• accident
• bore
• downer
• tragedy
• catastrophe
• misfortune
• down
• calamity
• woe
• mishap
• fatality
• debacle
• drag
• débâcle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trip
• upper
• pick-me-up

2

as in disappointment

something that disappoints

the cancellation of the holiday office party was a total bummer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disappointment
• letdown
• loser
• fiasco
• bringdown
• anticlimax
• failure
• fizzle
• lemon

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• success
• relief
• winner

3

as in disaster

something that has failed

that new start-up company proved to be a real bummer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disaster
• failure
• disappointment
• catastrophe
• miss
• bust
• loser
• fiasco
• washout
• debacle
• bomb
• mess
• dud
• flop
• shipwreck
• lemon
• clunker
• frost
• fizzle
• clinker
• turkey
• has-been
• débâcle
• dog
• botch
• also-ran
• shambles
• hash
• near miss
• nonstarter
• muddle
• nonevent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• success
• hit
• blockbuster
• winner
• smash
• phenomenon
• corker
• crackerjack
• dandy
• jim-dandy
• crackajack

bummer

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noun (2)

as in hobo

a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living

a lifelong bummer, he never knew the satisfaction of having to work for a living

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hobo
• beggar
• bum
• transient
• tramp
• swaggie
• vagabond
• vagrant
• swagman
• bindle stiff
• sundowner
• derelict
• dodger
• drifter
• roamer
• slacker
• stiff
• mendicant
• panhandler
• shirker
• waif
• urchin
• ragamuffin
• malingerer
• gamine

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of bummer

Noun

The biggest bummer: The $375 price tag is certainly worthy of sticker shock. —Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 20 Nov. 2024

There’s only one Korean beer available, which is a bummer. —Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2024

The bummer here, of course, is the injury to the Lions' star edge rusher, Aidan Hutchinson. —Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024

This is a real bummer for Schmitt’s BFF, Helm, who cries even as Schmitt promises to FaceTime during their favorite trash-TV shows. —Laura Bradley, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024