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bumper

bump·er/ˈbʌmpəɹ/noun, adjective

bumper is spelled B-U-M-P-E-R: 6 letters and 2 syllables (bump·er). It appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bumper means “Someone or something that bumps” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bumper is bumpers.

How many letters and syllables are in bumper?

Letters6: B-U-M-P-E-R
Syllables2: bump·er
In writing4.9 times per million words; the 11,373rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is bumper?

Bumper appears 4.9 times per million words in written English, the 11,373rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce bumper?

  • UK /ˈbʌmpə/
  • US /ˈbʌmpəɹ/

Bumper has 2 syllables, split bump·er in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-bumper.ogg, En-au-bumper.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with bumper?

8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bumper from its last stressed vowel (/ʌmpəɹ/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of bumper

  • bumpers plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • bumpering participle, present
  • bumpered participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does bumper mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Someone or something that bumps.

  2. 2

    A drinking vessel filled to the brim.

  3. 3

    colloquialAnything large or successful.

  4. 4

    Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.

  5. 5

    Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.

    The company sells screw-on rubber bumpers and feet.

  6. 6

    A bouncer.

  7. 7

    A side wall of a pool table.

  8. 8

    A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.

adjective

  1. 1

    colloquialWonderfully large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo, or successful in this regard.

    a bumper collection of silly jokes

verb

  1. 1

    obsoleteTo drink from the vessels called bumpers.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Bumper in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchpare-chocs (impact absorber on a vehicle), heurtoir (mechanical device to absorb impact), bande (side wall of a pool table)
GermanStoßstange (impact absorber on a vehicle)
Portuguesepara-choque, para-choques (impact absorber on a vehicle), amortecedor (in pinball)
Spanishparachoques, bómper, búmper, defensa, paragolpes, paragolpe (impact absorber on a vehicle)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does bumper come from?

From bump + -er.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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