Synonyms of jumps

jumps 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of jump

1

as in leaps

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air

jumped across the ditch

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaps
• hops
• bounds
• springs
• vaults
• bounces
• pounces
• skips
• hurdles
• lopes
• leapfrogs
• attacks
• cavorts
• romps
• bucks
• gambols
• frolics
• capers
• skyrockets
• shoots
• caprioles

2

as in winces

to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaps
• winces
• startles
• cringes
• flinches
• starts
• bolts
• jerks
• twitches
• reacts
• springs
• recoils
• jolts
• responds
• shrinks
• bounds
• spooks
• blenches
• quails
• squinches

3

as in rushes

to proceed or move quickly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rushes
• scurries
• speeds
• races
• hurries
• trots
• flies
• chases
• drives
• travels
• zips
• runs
• buzzes
• scoots
• blows
• dashes
• zooms
• rips
• steps
• scuttles
• darts
• jogs
• blasts
• tears
• whirls
• shoots
• hurtles
• rams
• bowls
• barrels
• hustles
• hurls
• rustles
• bolts
• blazes
• humps
• careens
• motors
• whisks
• hastens
• cracks (on)
• gallops
• courses
• bustles
• jets
• belts
• breezes
• beats it
• steps on it
• careers
• nips
• hares
• hies
• bundles
• rockets
• bombs
• pelts
• makes tracks
• flits
• cannonballs
• scampers
• gets a move on
• shakes a leg
• highballs
• sprints
• hotfoots (it)
• accelerates
• whizzes
• outruns
• stampedes
• streaks
• overtakes
• beetles
• quickens
• scuds
• steps out
• outpaces
• outstrips
• scuffles
• arrows
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• crawls
• drags
• pokes
• lags
• creeps
• lingers
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• loiters
• dawdles
• shuffles
• strolls
• saunters
• ambles
• dallies
• tarries
• plods
• decelerates
• slows (down or up)
• lumbers
• dillydallies

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• crawls
• drags
• pokes
• lags
• creeps
• lingers
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• loiters
• dawdles
• shuffles
• strolls
• saunters
• ambles
• dallies
• tarries
• plods
• decelerates
• slows (down or up)
• lumbers
• dillydallies

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jumps

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noun

plural of jump

1

as in hops

an act of leaping into the air

took a small jump forward to avoid stepping in the puddle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaps
• hops
• bounces
• vaults
• skips
• bounds
• springs
• pounces
• lopes
• attacks
• gambols
• plunges
• capers
• gambados
• dives
• caprioles
• gambadoes
• pitches

2

as in advantages

the more favorable condition or position in a competition

get a jump on the competition by starting early

Synonyms & Similar Words

• advantages
• edges
• pulls
• drops
• odds
• starts
• opportunities
• bulges
• vantages
• coigns of vantage
• steads
• high grounds
• leads
• superiorities
• betters
• margins
• privileges
• upper hands
• inside tracks
• whip hands
• dominances
• catbird seats
• transcendences
• allowances
• legs up
• supremacies
• head starts
• benefits
• ascendencies
• breaks
• prerogatives
• precedences
• footholds
• seniorities
• transcendencies
• ascendancies
• commands
• windfalls
• predominances
• preferences
• felicities
• masteries
• godsends
• blessings
• mannas
• boons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• liabilities
• strikes
• penalties
• disadvantages
• handicaps
• drawbacks
• minuses
• imbalances
• disparities
• obstacles
• disabilities
• stops
• checks
• detriments
• shortcomings
• lets
• catches
• hurdles
• impairments
• obstructions
• bars
• failings
• rubs
• hitches
• impediments
• interferences
• clogs
• lurches
• strangleholds
• hindrances
• shackles
• setbacks
• embarrassments
• trammels
• crimps
• manacles
• inequalities

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• liabilities
• strikes
• penalties
• disadvantages
• handicaps
• drawbacks
• minuses
• imbalances
• disparities
• obstacles
• disabilities
• stops
• checks
• detriments
• shortcomings
• lets
• catches
• hurdles
• impairments
• obstructions
• bars
• failings
• rubs
• hitches
• impediments
• interferences
• clogs
• lurches
• strangleholds
• hindrances
• shackles
• setbacks
• embarrassments
• trammels
• crimps
• manacles
• inequalities

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