Synonyms of hopping

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adjective

1

as in ballistic

feeling or showing anger

when he saw what I'd done to his car, the other driver was hopping

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ballistic
• mad
• angry
• enraged
• indignant
• furious
• angered
• outraged
• infuriated
• infuriate
• steaming
• rabid
• hot
• sore
• passionate
• hopping mad
• in a pet
• foaming
• bent out of shape
• in a huff
• fuming
• fit to be tied
• annoyed
• blue in the face
• hot under the collar
• in a fume
• cheesed off
• riled
• irate
• irritable
• incensed
• apoplectic
• livid
• inflamed
• choleric
• ticked
• cross
• wrathful
• ranting
• boiling
• going crook
• steamed up
• enflamed
• shirty
• aggravated
• rankled
• wroth
• riley
• horn-mad
• roiled
• ireful
• seething
• teed off
• raving
• burning
• bristling
• exasperated
• sizzling
• worked up
• smoldering
• smouldering
• unpleasant
• wrought (up)
• malevolent
• antagonistic
• distant
• sulky
• perturbed
• virulent
• spiteful
• antisocial
• stormy
• vengeful
• icy
• huffy
• resentful
• testy
• peevish
• cold
• vindictive
• disagreeable
• belligerent
• vitriolic
• churlish
• embittered
• bristly
• fretful
• cool
• disapproving
• acrimonious
• unfriendly
• frigid
• grumpy
• inimical
• rancorous
• snappish
• petulant
• antipathetic
• dyspeptic
• bitter
• grouchy
• pugnacious
• crabby
• fussy
• irascible
• touchy
• acrid
• ornery
• cantankerous
• quarrelsome
• cranky
• soreheaded
• argumentative
• put out
• bilious
• piqued
• contrary
• inflammable
• querulous
• ill-tempered
• bearish
• contentious
• disputatious
• sorehead
• quick-tempered
• ill-humored

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepting
• delighted
• pleased
• accommodating
• amenable
• happy
• agreeable
• content
• friendly
• satisfied
• obliging
• angerless
• cordial
• complaisant
• sympathetic
• tolerant
• understanding
• amicable
• sweet
• pleasant
• calm
• pacific
• kind
• peaceable
• serene
• tranquil
• placid
• empathetic
• amiable
• good-natured
• easygoing
• genial
• affable
• unembittered
• good-tempered

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• accepting
• delighted
• pleased
• accommodating
• amenable
• happy
• agreeable
• content
• friendly
• satisfied
• obliging
• angerless
• cordial
• complaisant
• sympathetic
• tolerant
• understanding
• amicable
• sweet
• pleasant
• calm
• pacific
• kind
• peaceable
• serene
• tranquil
• placid
• empathetic
• amiable
• good-natured
• easygoing
• genial
• affable
• unembittered
• good-tempered

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2

as in buzzing

marked by much life, movement, or activity

by the time we arrived at the club, the place was hopping

Synonyms & Similar Words

• buzzing
• busy
• humming
• thriving
• vibrant
• crowded
• lively
• bustling
• brisk
• kinetic
• populous
• rousing
• happening
• flourishing
• stirring
• abuzz
• animated
• alive
• abubble
• swarming
• astir
• teeming
• overflowing
• aboil
• thronging
• abounding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dead
• inactive
• sleepy
• lifeless
• asleep

• dead
• inactive
• sleepy
• lifeless
• asleep

3

as in engaged

involved in often constant activity

caring for six kids always keeps them hopping

Synonyms & Similar Words

• engaged
• busy
• diligent
• employed
• occupied
• working
• active
• preoccupied
• bustling
• industrious
• assiduous
• immersed
• sedulous
• humming
• buzzing
• laborious
• tied-up
• concentrating
• operating
• going
• running
• absorbed
• lively
• functioning
• focused
• operational
• happening
• thriving
• animated
• flourishing
• vibrant
• engrossed
• knee-deep
• swamped
• operative
• energetic
• living
• focussed
• intent
• vigorous
• astir
• tireless
• functional
• hardworking
• alive
• indefatigable
• untiring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• idle
• free
• unoccupied
• unemployed
• inactive
• asleep
• sleepy
• dormant
• slow
• quiescent
• unbusy
• passive
• lifeless
• latent
• dead
• inert
• dull
• inoperative
• nonoperating

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• idle
• free
• unoccupied
• unemployed
• inactive
• asleep
• sleepy
• dormant
• slow
• quiescent
• unbusy
• passive
• lifeless
• latent
• dead
• inert
• dull
• inoperative
• nonoperating

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hopping

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verb

present participle of hop

1

as in bouncing

to move with a light springing step

a rabbit hopped across the frozen grass

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bouncing
• bounding
• skipping
• leaping
• jumping
• loping
• tripping
• lolloping
• romping
• capering
• frisking
• skittering
• gamboling
• gambolling
• vaulting
• skimming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trudging
• plodding
• lumbering

• trudging
• plodding
• lumbering

2

as in jumping

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air

the frog hopped back into the pond

the bus stopped, a lone passenger hopped on, and the driver continued on his way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jumping
• leaping
• bounding
• springing
• bouncing
• vaulting
• skipping
• pouncing
• attacking
• loping
• leapfrogging
• cavorting
• romping
• frolicking
• capering
• bucking
• hurdling
• gamboling
• gambolling
• skyrocketing
• shooting
• caprioling

Phrases Containing hopping

• hopping mad

• hopping mad