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

As fire ripped through the apartment building, the stepfather of five paused to talk the unidentified pregnant woman out of jumping from the second-story window to the dirt and concrete below. — Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Bond yields shot higher across the curve, with two-year, 10-year and 30-year yields all jumping. — John Towfighi, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026

Once the party moved inside, the Rays sprayed bubbly and beer on each other while jumping up and down and dancing to loud music in their clubhouse. — ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026

But Inter Miami couldn’t close it out despite standing minutes away from jumping back into second place in the Eastern Conference. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

Dog wipes were one of the fastest-growing pet product categories in 2025, with ownership jumping 108% year over year according to APPA. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026

One of the tramps jumping off a freight car was the juvenile player, Frankie Darrow. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2026

There was still the possibility that all of this had been a colossal instance of jumping to conclusions on Tristan’s part, and that the name Buster had been chosen at random for its mass appeal. — Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2026

In security video from the store, the suspects can be seen wearing masks, running into the store and jumping over the counter before grabbing vapes. — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026