JUMPS Synonyms: 225 Similar and Opposite Words

jumps 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of jump

as in leaps

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air jumped across the ditch

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as in winces

to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise) the sudden appearance of a mouse scurrying across the floor made me jump

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as in rushes

to proceed or move quickly when I tell you to do something, I expect you to jump

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jumps

2 of 2

noun

plural of jump

as in hops

an act of leaping into the air took a small jump forward to avoid stepping in the puddle

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as in advantages

the more favorable condition or position in a competition get a jump on the competition by starting early

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Recent Examples of jumps

Verb

Then the price jumps to $25 a month or $20 a month for an annual subscription. —

Christine Haughney Dare-Bryan, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 Known for twisty, psychological thrillers with dark themes, tragedies, time jumps and lightning-fast pacing, Coben's books and shows have captivated audiences for years. —

Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 18 June 2026 Companies conducting air jumps face more regulations than private pilots, but those requirements have more to do with the proper handling of skydiving equipment rather than flying the plane itself. —

Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 One especially interesting statistic that jumps out about KPop Demon Hunters is that a larger percentage of households with Latinas watched the Netflix original movie than households with Asian women, UCLA found. —

Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026 The video then appears to show the SUV spinning to a stop before the driver jumps out and runs. —

Miami Herald, 17 June 2026 Think about performing gentle jumping movements, such as mini squat jumps or fast step-ups. —

Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 17 June 2026 As signaled by the season 2 finale, The Last of Us season 3 jumps back in time a few days to the arrival of Ellie (Bella Ramsey) and Dina (Isabela Merced) in Seattle while on the hunt for Abby (Kaitlyn Dever), the woman who killed Joel (Pedro Pascal). —

Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026 Kerim Alajbegovic will likely start on the left, and the 18-year-old jumps off the screen. —

Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 11 June 2026

Noun

Governments are built to deliberate, and deliberation takes time, while frontier AI runs on a different clock with new releases, benchmark jumps, and fresh agentic tooling arriving week after week. —

Craig S. Smith, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 Nine were experienced skydivers, and the other two were about go on tandem jumps with instructor, officials said. —

Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 17 June 2026 Investigators are probing why the specialized skydiving plane apparently lost power and plunged nose‑first, renewing questions about federal oversight even as the industry points to millions of jumps and relatively few deaths. —

John Seewer, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026 Nine of the 11 skydivers were experienced, and two were participating in tandem jumps, Jacobs told USA Today. —

Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026 Other markets also saw jumps, with a 75% probability that traffic will return to normal before the end of this year. —

Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 15 June 2026 While Jesse could float in mid-air, Dylan utilises double-jumps and dashes to get around. —

George Yang, Space.com, 15 June 2026 The choreography includes lots of jumps, torso gyrations, high knees and arm waves. —

Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 15 June 2026 The latter is a long-running feature for GoPros that effectively removes jumps and jitters from video. —

Jim Fisher, PC Magazine, 11 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for jumps

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Iran defender Milad Mohammadi leaps over a New Zealand defender during the second half.

— Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2026
So, that’s where the story leaps off from.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026