LOPE Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of lope

as in to hop

to move with a light springing step the jogger happily loped along, just enjoying the fresh morning air

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Verb

That huge, thin-rimmed steering wheel makes low-speed maneuvers easy despite the lack of assistance, and the car has a lovely, loping ride. — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 8 June 2026 On my way back to the pew, the guilt was still there, loping doggedly at my side. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 31 May 2026

Noun

Deep in the Singing Spruce Forest bear hunters unsnapped their rifles and began the long lope home. — Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 The latter has an easy lope made menacing by a cartoon-alien zap answered by other machines that caw like birds. — Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lope

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lope

Verb

The pesky thing was looking around for some data on health care costs, found a wall in Australia’s Medicare database and decided simply to hop over it, easy peasy.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026
For the classy music video, Legend hops behind his Yamaha piano to perform the ethereal track with some help from the Hollywood Cinematic Orchestra, who are suited and booted.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of hop

Noun

Stopping the run will be a key for the Chargers, who seemed poised for a bounce-back performance, even without McConkey.

— Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
The Bucs couldn’t ask for a better bounce-back opponent after dropping their opener in Cincy, a somewhat deceiving result because of all the Baker Mayfield turnovers.

— Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of bounce

Verb

Like a left turn phase could be called if there’s a car there or it could be skipped if there’s no car there.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 26 Sep. 2026
Hiroto Sakata, a civil servant from Yaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, visited Tokyo's Asakusa district on a day trip and purchased tickets for two people, which cost 2,000 yen total, and skipped the line.

— Masayuki Oi Japan News, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of skip

Noun

The record turnout was up from more than 75,000 people who cast ballots in 2025, and a huge leap from the competition’s first edition two decades ago, when fewer than 900 votes were cast.

— Adam Pourahmadi, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2026
After an incredible day exploring Bimota’s unique vision for the KB998 Rimini at Laguna Seca, trying to comprehend how well the Elite version rides on track takes some fantastic leaps of imagination.

— Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026

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