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Synonyms for leap
lip; lɛpt, liptleap
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leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bouncenoun
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
Synonyms:
dancing, bounciness, dance, fountain, bounds, edge, terpsichore, give, bound, springiness, springtime, spring, leap, saltation, bounce, natural spring, boundary, leaping, bouncing, outpouring, limit, outflow, jumpleap, jump, saltationnoun
an abrupt transition
"a successful leap from college to the major leagues"
Synonyms:
saltation, jumping, parachuting, bounce, startle, spring, terpsichore, bound, leaping, dance, jump, start, leap, dancingjump, leapnoun
a sudden and decisive increase
"a jump in attendance"
Synonyms:
bound, saltation, parachuting, bounce, startle, spring, jumping, leaping, jump, start, leapleapverb
the distance leaped (or to be leaped)
"a leap of 10 feet"
jump, leap, bound, springverb
move forward by leaps and bounds
"The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"
Synonyms:
spring, start, jumpstart, rise, jump out, jump off, throttle, climb up, restrict, stick out, trammel, stand out, take form, alternate, derail, form, jump-start, ricochet, border, skip, recoil, reverberate, startle, rebound, parachute, confine, pass over, leap, restrain, skip over, jump, take a hop, chute, bounce, resile, bound, limit, leap out, take shapeleap, jumpverb
pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
"leap into fame"; "jump to a conclusion"; "jump from one thing to another"
Synonyms:
rise, skip over, startle, pass over, chute, jumpstart, jump-start, bound, alternate, spring, leap, start, stick out, stand out, climb up, skip, jump out, jump off, derail, parachute, leap out, jumpjump, leap, jump offverb
jump down from an elevated point
"the parachutist didn't want to jump"; "every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge"; "the widow leapt into the funeral pyre"
Synonyms:
rise, skip over, startle, pass over, chute, jumpstart, jump-start, bound, alternate, spring, leap, start, stick out, stand out, climb up, skip, jump out, jump off, derail, parachute, leap out, jumpjump, leapverb
cause to jump or leap
"the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop"
Synonyms:
rise, skip over, startle, pass over, chute, jumpstart, jump-start, bound, alternate, spring, leap, start, stick out, stand out, climb up, skip, jump out, jump off, derail, parachute, leap out, jump
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#368 | form | |
#474 | start | |
#555 | give | |
#930 | step | |
#1249 | spring | |
#1618 | break | |
#1622 | dance | |
#1838 | skip | |
#1861 | jump | |
#1953 | edge | |
#2110 | limit | |
#2703 | rise | |
#3261 | bond | |
#3282 | border | |
#3322 | hop | |
#3403 | bound | |
#4728 | dancing | |
#5125 | alternate | |
#5176 | boundary | |
#5556 | blade | |
#8063 | fountain | |
#9332 | pale | |
#9424 | restrict | |
#9429 | rebound | |
#9536 | surge | |
#9567 | vault | |
#9868 | jumping | |
#10365 | leap | |
#10952 | bounce | |
#11459 | bounds | |
#14410 | jumps | |
#16912 | throttle | |
#18164 | bouncing | |
#22439 | parachute | |
#28247 | outflow | |
#29237 | chute | |
#30094 | restrain | |
#31605 | springtime | |
#31728 | recoil | |
#33372 | leaping | |
#33612 | jumpstart | |
#36343 | confine | |
#47072 | ricochet | |
#51280 | derail | |
#53663 | outpouring | |
#66295 | salto | |
#66502 | parachuting | |
#68351 | startle | |
#111104 | trammel | |
#113280 | reverberate | |
#122467 | saut | |
#178494 | terpsichore | |
#241010 | saltation |
How to use leap in a sentence?
We took a leap of faith that this was the right thing to do at a really strange time, and it all worked out amazingly.
It tried too hard to leap ahead technologically at the beginning of the last decade, as a result, every vessel that it started had severe problems.
I don't think Europe can transform itself and make a bold leap forward in integration with the current cast of political characters. Perhaps with their successors.
The tendency of man's nature to good is like the tendency of water to flow downwards. There are none but have this tendency to good, just as all water flows downwards. Now by striking water and causing it to leap up, you may make it go.
Today, we are making a big leap forward in terms of focusing attention on prevention - were announcing the nations first comprehensive early alert system for earthquakes, were announcing the ability for millions and millions of Californians to download an app, MyShake... if millions of people do that, we will have points of contact, the ability to crowdsource information, the likes of which no country in the world has advanced.
Translations for leap
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- وثبArabic
- скок, скачам, прескокBulgarian
- sailhañ, lammatBreton
- saltar, saltCatalan, Valencian
- skok, přeskočitCzech
- hop, springe, hoppe, springDanish
- einen Satz machen, hüpfen, Satz, Sprungweite, springen, SprungGerman
- πάλλομαι, άλμαGreek
- eksaltiEsperanto
- salto, saltarSpanish
- hüppamaEstonian
- loikata, hyppy, loikka, hyppäysFinnish
- bondir, saut, bond, sauterFrench
- ljeppeWestern Frisian
- léimIrish
- leumScottish Gaelic
- કૂદવું, ઠેકવુંGujarati
- קפץHebrew
- छलांग, कूदनाHindi
- UgrásHungarian
- lompat, loncatIndonesian
- saltare, saltoItalian
- 跳躍, 跳躍距離, 躍進, 飛躍Japanese
- saltusLatin
- sprong, huppen, springen, wippenDutch
- hopp, sprang, hoppeNorwegian
- skok, skoczyć, przeskakiwać, przeskoczyć, krok, skakać, susPolish
- saltar, saltoPortuguese
- sălta, săltare, salt, săriRomanian
- скачо́к, прыгать, прыгнуть, прыжо́к, скакнуть, проры́в, рыво́к, скакатьRussian
- preskakovať, pokrok, skočiť, preskočiť, skákať, skokSlovak
- hopp, hoppa, språnglängd, språng, hopplängd, springaSwedish
- லீப், பாய், தாவுTamil
- sıçramakTurkish
- thành tích, tiến bộ, [[nhảy]] ([[lên]], [[qua]], ...)Vietnamese
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