Bumper
adj.hopeful, joyfuleveryday
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.
Choose between these
6- playful
rapid commercial activity creates the increase
not when one large result rather than continuing growth is described
- playful
informal praise for an unusually strong result fits
not when the amount needs precise neutral reporting
- warm
welcome generous provision shapes the praise
not when commercial performance rather than harvest-like plenty is meant
- professional
plentiful supply is the key fact
not when comparison with an ordinary season should remain
- professional
record
the amount is the highest measured
not when no reliable historical comparison exists
- formal
the result lies far outside the usual range
not when large quantity rather than general unusualness matters
Said against
3- meager
- poor
- below-average
It naturally appears in
3- bumper crop
A bumper crop gave the orchard enough fruit for a free pressing day.
- bumper year
It was a bumper year for applications from rural schools.
- bumper audience
A bumper audience filled both the hall and the overflow room.