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

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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
• 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 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

Engineers at the University of Washington developed DirectHop to explore whether hopping could offer small robots a practical way to cross obstacles without flying. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026

From my little Brooklyn, New York abode, that generally means heading out east for beachy trips to Montauk, hopping around upstate’s Hudson Valley or Catskills towns, and taking advantage of ski mountains all over the east coast. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026

The video features images of gun-toting federal agents in military uniforms and Bass hopping out of a car in an aquamarine pant suit to face them. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

To return, board the hop-on, hop-off boat with your CityCard for a 90-minute city tour (hopping off not obligatory). — Adrienne Wyper, TheWeek, 17 Sep. 2026

Picture three competing CEOs, worried that their product might kill people, hopping on a conference call to discuss shutting it all down for a while. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 17 Sep. 2026

According to the trailer, the docuseries also uses first-person interviews to detail Glitter’s original convictions and years hopping from country to country, including Vietnam, Cuba, and Cambodia to avoid prosecution and jail time. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026

Rather than hopping on a phone or Zoom call with a human recruiter, candidates are increasingly being asked to speak with an AI interviewer as the first step in the hiring process. — Sophie Caldwell juhohn Lee, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2026

The condominium is not far from the Gold Coast building that housed the once-hopping Ditka’s Restaurant, where Vincent made beautiful music and the chefs made signature pork chops with apple chutney and cherry jus. — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Phrases Containing hopping

• hopping mad