tumor

Noun

Meaning

A morbid swelling, prominence, or growth, on any part of the body; especially, a growth produced by deposition of new tissue; a neoplasm.

Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

neoplasm hydra burl wen growth anemone pimple carbuncle glioma cancer knot boil swell enlargement bulge
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Antonyms

basin even depression dent decline decrease
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Hypernyms

growth

Hyponyms

mole neuroma angioma brain tumour brain tumor granuloma

Related terms

tumult contumely tumid tumescent

Phrases with the word

desmoid tumor Wilms' tumor common tumor liver tumor hepatic tumor hepatic cell tumor

Examples

To look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of a fibrous tumor. Frank Lloyd Wright

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies. Henry Adams

Love needs room to grow. Like a rose. Or a tumor. Christopher Moore (author)

I went in for an operation to remove a brain tumor. Lou Gramm

From now on, in any place, if any nation or any group confronts the Zionist regime, we will endorse and we will help. We have no fear expressing this... The Zionist regime is a cancerous tumor that must be removed, and God willing it will be. Ali Khamenei

Sooner or later the day comes when the tumor can be lanced. Chinese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

tummy time tummy tuck tummyache tumor angiogenesis tumor necrosis factor tumor necrosis factor-a