Synonyms of jumping (on)

jumping (on)

verb

present participle of jump (on)

1

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against

the robbers waited until he had passed by them and then jumped on him without warning

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• turning (on)
• raiding
• assaulting
• descending (on or upon)
• flying at
• going in (on)
• storming
• setting on
• setting at
• pouncing (on or upon)
• going at
• striking
• setting upon
• tearing into
• pitching into
• beating up on
• robbing
• rounding on
• lighting into
• charging
• ambushing
• rushing
• sicking
• invading
• swarming
• ganging up (on)
• assailing
• bushwhacking
• besetting
• siccing
• trashing
• banging away (at)
• surprising
• mobbing
• sacking
• flanking
• bombing
• surprizing
• besieging
• ambuscading
• mugging
• waylaying
• blitzing
• plundering
• bombarding
• nuking
• battering
• cannonading
• ravaging
• cannoning
• looting
• buffeting
• bum-rushing
• barraging
• pillaging
• plastering
• harrying
• enveloping
• beleaguering
• pressing
• overrunning
• foraying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• covering
• protecting
• securing
• defending
• guarding
• shielding

2

as in slamming

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

no need to jump on him just because he locked the keys in the car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• slamming
• tying into
• scolding
• sailing into
• abusing
• blasting
• beating up on
• criticizing
• insulting
• scathing
• lighting into
• vituperating
• assailing
• savaging
• potshotting
• excoriating
• bashing
• belaboring
• cursing
• castigating
• lambasting
• harassing
• lashing (out)
• trashing
• lacing (into)
• reviling
• berating
• blaspheming
• putting down
• reprimanding
• haranguing
• harrying
• imprecating
• disparaging
• whipping
• affronting
• belittling
• execrating
• aspersing
• slurring
• blackguarding
• slandering
• libelling
• profaning
• chiding
• vilifying
• libeling
• fulminating
• chastising
• rebuking
• traducing
• bad-mouthing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praising
• commending
• complimenting
• hailing
• lauding
• acclaiming