Synonyms of hopping

hopping 1 of 2

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

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

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
• operating
• concentrating
• going
• running
• absorbed
• lively
• functioning
• focused
• operational
• happening
• thriving
• animated
• flourishing
• vibrant
• engrossed
• knee-deep
• swamped
• operative
• energetic
• living
• 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

hopping

2 of 2

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
• vaulting
• skimming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plodding
• trudging
• 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
• skyrocketing
• shooting
• caprioling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hopping

Adjective

The engine was paired with a six-speed jaw-type transmission and a hydraulic anti-hopping clutch. — New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026

The town is home to nearly 10,000 year-round residents and millions of tourists, with a hopping, walkable apres scene and hotels and condos that neighbor cultural amenities, like the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre. — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 14 Mar. 2022

The Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport will be a hopping place this coming weekend and next for Christmas and New Year's Day. — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 20 Dec. 2017

Verb

Spends much of its time hopping and scratching on the ground or under bird feeders. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 7 Nov. 2026

The whole situation devolves from there, with Reed having to shoot Peter to prevent him from strangling her, destroying all of the surveillance tape, and hopping into a getaway car with Zeus and Spitfire after a very cursory search for Vita. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2026

To join me in hopping on the silky pants train with the following pairs, starting at just $15. — Isabel Bekele, InStyle, 1 Nov. 2026

After Hamilton got done church-hopping, volunteers held a get-out-the-vote event at a brewery not far from COR. — Emma Green, New Yorker, 29 Oct. 2026

Lily celebrated a couple of days later by hopping on Instagram and dumping out plenty of photos from the event. — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Think heavy strength training paired with jumping, hopping and bounding movements. — Cheryl Fenton, Flow Space, 27 Oct. 2026

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, which formed in Melbourne in 2010, is known for its prolific output and genre-hopping style. — Xander Zellner, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2026

The Italians have their evening passeggiata, and Spaniards practice the splendid art of the tapear, hopping from tapas joint to tapas joint in search of satisfaction and tipsiness. — Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026

Phrases Containing hopping

• hopping mad