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Synonyms for leap
lip; lɛpt, liptleap

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Wiktionary2.3 / 3 votes

  1. leapverb

    To jump from one location to another.

    Synonyms:
    spring, bound, jump, hop

  2. leapnoun

    The distance traversed by a leap or jump.

    Synonyms:
    spring, bound, jump, hop

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms3.3 / 6 votes

  1. leap

    Synonyms:
    jump, bound, bounce, spring, vault, hop

    Antonyms:
    plunge, dip, dive, duck, walk

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. 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, saltation, bounce, natural spring, boundary, leaping, bouncing, outpouring, limit, outflow, jump

  2. leap, 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, dancing

  3. jump, leapnoun

    a sudden and decisive increase

    "a jump in attendance"

    Synonyms:
    bound, saltation, parachuting, bounce, startle, spring, jumping, leaping, jump, start

  4. leapverb

    the distance leaped (or to be leaped)

    "a leap of 10 feet"

    Synonyms:
    bounce, bound, saltation, jump, spring, leaping

  5. 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, restrain, skip over, jump, take a hop, chute, bounce, resile, bound, limit, leap out, take shape

  6. leap, 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, start, stick out, stand out, climb up, skip, jump out, jump off, derail, parachute, leap out, jump

  7. jump, 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, start, stick out, stand out, climb up, skip, jump out, jump off, derail, parachute, leap out, jump

  8. jump, 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, start, stick out, stand out, climb up, skip, jump out, jump off, derail, parachute, leap out, jump

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. leapverb

    Synonyms:
    jump, bound, spring, vault, hop, CAPER

  2. leapverb

    Synonyms:
    jump over, bound across

  3. leapnoun

    Synonyms:
    jump, spring, bound, vault, hop, CAPER

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words1.0 / 3 votes

  1. leapnoun

    Synonyms:
    spring, jump, vault, bound, capriole

  2. leapverb

    Synonyms:
    spring, jump, vault, bound, caper, gambol, prance, cavort, curvet

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "leap":

    hop, jump, salto, break, bond, step, saut, pale, skip, blade, surge, jumping, jumps

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How to use leap in a sentence?

  1. Presiding Judge Jeong Jun-yeong:

    (Lee) has shown willingness for management with newly stronger compliance, as he as vowed to create a transparent company, despite some shortcomings... I hope that over time, it will be evaluated as a milestone in the history of Korean companies as a start of compliance ethics for a greater leap forward.

  2. David Joy:

    By a number of measures, valuations are quite extended, making this rally something of a leap of faith.

  3. Jay McConville:

    Stalker is another leap forward in terms of endurance with four hours of battery power. We can bring in solid oxide fuel technology and reach eight hours of endurance on a small hand-launched UAV. That is really significant.

  4. John Collison:

    Businesses that deferred moving online or had no reason to operate online have made the leap practically overnight, we believe now is not the time to pull back, but to invest even more heavily in Stripe's platform.

  5. Pau Gasol:

    A lot of importance must be attached to his audacious attempt to make the leap at a time when the gulf between the two basketballs was very wide, martin dared and that deserves all possible recognition.


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