hunch over

1. 1.

   round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward

   Synonymshunchhumphunch forward

   Broaderchange posture

Questions about hunch over

What does hunch over mean?

hunch over means "round one's back by bending forward and drawing the shoulders forward".

What is another word for hunch over?

Close synonyms include hunch, hump, hunch forward. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hunch over a common word?

hunch over is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.