Synonyms of skipped

skipped

verb

past tense of skip

1

as in hopped

to move with a light springing step

children skipping along the woodland path

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hopped
• bounced
• bounded
• leaped
• jumped
• tripped
• loped
• lolloped
• romped
• frisked
• capered
• skittered
• skimmed
• gamboled
• vaulted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trudged
• plodded
• lumbered

2

as in missed

to fail to attend

the day was so nice that we decided to skip class and go to the beach

Synonyms & Similar Words

• missed
• ignored
• blew off
• played hooky
• cut
• neglected
• passed over
• absented oneself

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• attended
• showed up (for)

3

as in bounced

to strike and fly off at an angle

the soap slipped out of my hand and went skipping across the bathroom floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bounced
• rebounded
• glanced
• skimmed
• brushed
• swept
• bumped
• ricocheted
• hit
• shaved
• nudged
• caromed
• raked
• contacted
• kissed
• grazed
• reflected
• touched
• sideswiped

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of skipped

Staff skipped the sanitizing step when washing cutting boards at the meat prep table. — Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Both candidates held speaking spots at Republicans' midterm convention earlier this month, as other Republicans in tight races skipped the event. — Halle Troadec, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026

Other major Chinese ports have felt the swell of containers, with Dimerco noting that ocean carriers have cut allocations and skipped calls at Qingdao to clear typhoon backlogs at southern ports. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026

But expansion projects take years to build, so the ones skipped in the lean years simply were not there in the early 2020s. — The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Formal rites for the dying, already limited, were further truncated or skipped entirely. — Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

Gizelle, who Luann somehow skipped completely over in her toast, even FaceTimes a very late Porsha to tell her not to come. — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026

Swift skipped the other signature element of her makeup, the red lip, but that's not exactly new news; she's been all about a rosy color lately. — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 27 Sep. 2026

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