Bumper
What it means
Unusually large, plentiful, or successful.
Reach for it when celebrating a harvest, audience, sales period, or result well above normal
The wet spring produced a bumper crop of plums.
Words to choose between 6
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playful
Fits when rapid commercial activity creates the increase
Not when one large result rather than continuing growth is described
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playful
Fits when informal praise for an unusually strong result fits
Not when the amount needs precise neutral reporting
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warm
Fits when welcome generous provision shapes the praise
Not when commercial performance rather than harvest-like plenty is meant
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professional
Fits when plentiful supply is the key fact
Not when comparison with an ordinary season should remain
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professional
record
Fits when the amount is the highest measured
Not when no reliable historical comparison exists
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formal
Fits when the result lies far outside the usual range
Not when large quantity rather than general unusualness matters
Opposites 3
- meager
- poor
- below-average
Common phrases 3
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bumper crop
A bumper crop gave the orchard enough fruit for a free pressing day.
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bumper year
It was a bumper year for applications from rural schools.
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bumper audience
A bumper audience filled both the hall and the overflow room.
Definitions and examples are written for this site. How words are chosen Recording: Dvortygirl, American accent, from Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 Updated