Synonyms for bum
bʌmbum

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1. rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, gitnoun

   a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible

   "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"

   Synonyms:
   vomit, lemon, keister, pot, wood pussy, seat, behind, crumb, butt, nates, hobo, skunk, rear end, blackleg, scum bag, locoweed, sens, barf, layabout, bottom, can, stern, git, informer, fundament, stinker, weed, posterior, buttocks, do-nothing, puke, polecat, stinkpot, backside, grass, green goddess, betrayer, musk turtle, tail, idler, buns, arse, hindquarters, tail end, tush, sess, derriere, so-and-so, vomitus, hind end, rotter, dirty dog, ass, lowlife, tramp, rump, prat, strikebreaker, squealer, fanny, rear, dope, gage, shutout, smoke, loafer, scab, rat, blabber, tooshie

   Antonyms:
   superior

2. tramp, hobo, bumnoun

   a disreputable vagrant

   "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"

   Synonyms:
   keister, hiker, tail, seat, crumb, butt, hobo, skunk, rear end, scum bag, can, nates, bottom, git, layabout, fundament, stinker, posterior, buttocks, tramp steamer, do-nothing, puke, stern, hike, stinkpot, backside, dirty dog, idler, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, swinger, so-and-so, hind end, rotter, rump, lowlife, tramp, ass, prat, arse, fanny, rear, tramper, tush, hiking, loafer, rat, behind

   Antonyms:
   superior

3. idler, loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bumnoun

   person who does no work

   "a lazy bum"

   Synonyms:
   fanny, tail, seat, crumb, butt, hobo, skunk, rear end, scum bag, can, nates, bottom, git, layabout, fundament, stinker, posterior, buttocks, do-nothing, puke, stern, stinkpot, backside, dirty dog, idler, buns, hindquarters, tail end, derriere, tooshie, so-and-so, hind end, rotter, rump, lowlife, keister, tramp, ass, prat, arse, rear, tush, loafer, rat, behind

   Antonyms:
   superior

4. buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, assadjective

   the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

   "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

   Synonyms:
   screw, arse, keister, female genital organ, substructure, stinkpot, goat, cornerstone, stern, lavatory, git, croup, arsehole, butt, shadower, crapper, commode, throne, skunk, base, tooshie, foundation, butt end, lav, derriere, can buoy, shag, place, seat, prat, bottomland, hind end, behind, tin can, scum bag, asshole, freighter, understructure, ass, stub, backside, after part, female genitals, tramp, female genitalia, idler, nookie, toilet, piece of tail, laughingstock, shtup, poop, foot, screwing, posterior, potty, bathroom, quarter, do-nothing, back end, dirty dog, tush, tail, merchantman, canful, can, croupe, butt joint, john, back tooth, bunghole, nates, rat, rump, nooky, pot, back, privy, underside, piece of ass, rear end, rear, layabout, bottom, buns, merchant ship, undersurface, tail assembly, hobo, loafer, fundament, stool, roll in the hay, empennage, rotter, so-and-so, stooge, target, stinker, buttocks, bottom of the inning, hindquarters, cigaret, coffin nail, tin, crumb, groundwork, shadow, fag end, cigarette, bed, basis, tail end, fanny, lowlife, puke

   Antonyms:
   superior

5. bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinnyverb

   of very poor quality; flimsy

   Synonyms:
   seamy, flashy, chintzy, garish, inexpensive, trashy, chinchy, meretricious, tacky, gimcrack, squalid, loud, seedy, flash, brassy, cheap, crummy, sleazy, cheesy, gaudy, tawdry, tinny, tatty, sordid, punk

   Antonyms:
   superior

6. mooch, bum, cadge, grub, spongeverb

   ask for and get free; be a parasite

   Synonyms:
   loaf, shnorr, arse around, cadge, frig around, schnorr, lounge around, arse about, waste one's time, loll around, bum around, scrounge, lounge about, sponge, grub, loll, mooch, bum about

   Antonyms:
   superior

7. bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge aboutverb

   be lazy or idle

   "Her son is just bumming around all day"

   Synonyms:
   loll around, bum about, get, arse about, wank, lounge around, mill around, frig around, droop, lounge about, footle, lurk, bum around, lounge, grub, loiter, fool around, loll, horse around, mill about, bugger off, loaf, lollygag, buzz off, lallygag, arse around, jerk off, tarry, linger, mooch, cadge, hang around, jack off, fool, masturbate, mess about, scram, she-bop, waste one's time, sponge

   Antonyms:
   superior

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1. List of paraphrases for "bum":

   hobo, drifter, nogoodnik, tramp, beggar, punk, ass, vagrant, deadbeat, derelict, loser, thug, dork, butt

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How to use bum in a sentence?

1. Marlon Brando:

   I could have been somebody Charlie instead of a bum which is what I am let's face it.

2. Jeff Chanton:

   Why is the governor giving the people of Florida such a bum steer? does it have something to do with corporate influence.

3. Alex Kroll:

   Getting ideas is like shaving if you don't do it every day, you're a bum.

4. Iain Ward:

   I hope this doesn’t sound arrogant, but I’m experienced enough to know that the hardest thing that we are going to do has nothing to do with your physical fitness ability, it’s going to be your tolerance of having a really sore bum, which you can’t train for.

5. Lily Allen:

   The next thing I knew I woke up and he was in my bed, naked, slapping my bum and trying to insert his penis into my private parts, i recoiled and I got up out of the bed and I screamed.