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

We were all riveted by the image of a glass of red wine undisturbed by a woman jumping next to it on the bed and the idea of sleeping on memory foam originally developed by NASA, now available to us. — Jaklin Romine oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Shares are jumping Thursday as part of the market’s rotation into defensive names. — Alexa Lomonaco,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare, a Democrat, expressed concern over surveillance footage that shows Parra Hernandez and another person jumping out of a white truck and running as a dark SUV pursues them. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

The researchers developed four main control policies for driving, wheelies and hopping, flipping, and jumping. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

The Port of Long Beach was writing its own record book, moving 997,177 TEUs last month, beating its previous busiest month of October 2024 (987,191 TEUs) and jumping 25 percent from September 2025’s 797,537 TEUs. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

The singer saw a massive streaming bump during the second weekend of the festival, with her Spotify plays jumping 380 percent globally, according to the platform. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

In other surprises, collectors of all ages are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence for advice, recommendations, and provenance checks, jumping from four percent in 2024 to 22 percent this year. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 Oct. 2026

The government also raised capital gains tax rates in October 2024, with the higher rate jumping from 20% to 24%. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026