LEAPFROGGING Synonyms: 46 Similar and Opposite Words

leapfrogging

verb

present participle of leapfrog

as in skipping

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as in avoiding

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Verb

Kyrgios had a meager 1-4 record in the 2025 season, losing a first-round match in the Australian Open then skipping the next three Grand Slams.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
By skipping the post-shakedown maintenance, Massachusetts can focus on starting its operational career.

— Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of skipping

Verb

Yet its bodywork is relatively restrained, avoiding the huge wings, complex vents and aggressive appendages found on many contemporary hypercars.

— Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza has settled a defamation lawsuit filed by a Gwinnett County man in 2022, avoiding a trial that was set to begin Monday in federal court in Atlanta.

— Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of avoiding

Verb

Video captured a woman leaping from an 11th-floor ledge into a firefighter’s arms to escape a high-rise fire.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026
On the play Dart returned, the QB escaped the pocket before finding Fields in the end zone for a leaping touchdown grab.

— Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of leaping

Verb

First, Jefferson ran from one sideline to the other in the backfield, evading would-be defenders.

— Caleb Otte, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
He was arrested under the name John Casey and was charged with evading responsibility and breach of peace, officials said.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of evading

Verb

Others were prevented from jumping, according to reports from the Navy Times and Stars and Stripes.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Rather than jumping into a price war this summer, Lowe’s directed its $80 million in tariff refunds toward protecting profit margins and covering rising operational costs.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of jumping

Verb

Wars come and go, Napoleon rises and falls and these two men remain prisoners of a beef neither seems capable of escaping.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Jonathan Bowlan allowed a single and a walk in the eighth before escaping with help from Brandon Marsh’s catch of a foul pop amid the fans in left field.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of escaping

Verb

Typical is a homeowner’s video from the other day of a coyote loping down a driveway in DeKalb’s Glendale Courts area.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Gradually, though, dubby hand percussion rises up from the deep, and soon a truculent, alien-sounding riff and loping dancehall cadence spin the compass point back toward Batu’s Bristol.

— Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026

Definition of loping

Verb

Ford has announced its upcoming sub-$30,000 electric truck will be named Fathom, a surprise move eschewing historical names.

— Greg Migliore, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Local luxury labels have been somewhat subtler, eschewing obvious iconography while integrating Chinese philosophies into their branding.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 8 July 2026

Definition of eschewing

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