Synonyms of jumping

jumping

verb

present participle of jump

1

as in leaping

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air

jumped across the ditch

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in cringing

to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)

the sudden appearance of a mouse scurrying across the floor made me jump

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaping
• cringing
• wincing
• bolting
• flinching
• startling
• jerking
• twitching
• starting
• springing
• reacting
• bounding
• recoiling
• jolting
• responding
• shrinking
• spooking
• blenching
• quailing
• squinching

3

as in flying

to proceed or move quickly

when I tell you to do something, I expect you to jump

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flying
• rushing
• racing
• trotting
• speeding
• hurrying
• traveling
• scurrying
• driving
• chasing
• zipping
• running
• stepping
• buzzing
• scooting
• darting
• blowing
• blasting
• dashing
• scuttling
• ripping
• tearing
• zooming
• bolting
• ramming
• shooting
• whirling
• hurling
• jogging
• blazing
• hustling
• bowling
• barreling
• hurtling
• humping
• careening
• careering
• haring
• rocketing
• galloping
• rustling
• breezing
• bundling
• hastening
• nipping
• cracking (on)
• whisking
• coursing
• bustling
• jetting
• pelting
• cannonballing
• motoring
• belting
• bombing
• beating it
• hying
• highballing
• flitting
• scampering
• sprinting
• stepping on it
• getting a move on
• whizzing
• making tracks
• shaking a leg
• streaking
• stampeding
• accelerating
• scuffling
• scudding
• hotfooting (it)
• outrunning
• overtaking
• stepping out
• quickening
• outpacing
• beetling
• outstripping
• catching up
• arrowing
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawling
• creeping
• poking
• dragging
• hanging (around or out)
• lingering
• poking
• lagging
• strolling
• dawdling
• loitering
• shuffling
• sauntering
• ambling
• dallying
• plodding
• lumbering
• decelerating
• tarrying
• slowing (down or up)
• dillydallying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of jumping

In April, a 19-year-old drowned after jumping into the water at Tiscornia Park in an attempt to save a young relative. — Haley Parsley july 9, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026

Arkansas is America's Most Improved State in CNBC's annual America's Top States for Business study, jumping 13 spots to 28th place in 2026. — Scott Cohn, CNBC, 9 July 2026

Fortune reported that markets reacted immediately to that dot-plot shift the day it was released, with the Dow falling more than 500 points and two-year Treasury yields jumping as traders priced in higher odds of an October hike. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 8 July 2026

Basketball is probably the easiest, just because players are always jumping and fighting, all the limbs are moving around, and there tends to be a lot of image variety. — T.m. Brown, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

The recognition capped off a celebratory morning for the cast, who wasted little time jumping into a group text after the nominations were announced. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 8 July 2026

Malik Tillman stepped up and coolly scored on the free kick, his shot deflecting into the net off a Belgian player who was jumping as part of a wall. — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 7 July 2026

Instead of just jumping right in or bouncing around, part your hair into four (or six, or eight) smaller sections. — Eden Stuart, Glamour, 7 July 2026

Fourth line Tanner Jeannot-Matt Poitras-Mark Kastelic This proved a good jumping off point for Minten, who started between the two blocks of granite and moved up the depth chart. — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026