SKIPPED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

skipped

verb

past tense of skip

as in hopped

to move with a light springing step children skipping along the woodland path

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as in missed

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

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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

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Recent Examples of skipped More than 20 players skipped football practice at Contreras in downtown Los Angeles. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2026 But the politics rests on an economic question the coverage has mostly skipped. — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 Pete Alonso skipped sideways toward first base while his drive sailed toward the foul pole in left field. — ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026 But Miami last season had the 14th-most games skipped due to injury, with Herro and Powell missing substantial time and Riley again addressing the issue in his postseason media briefing. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2026 Skin cancer can develop on the palms, soles and under the nails, and these are among the areas most commonly skipped during self-exams. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Scott explained that his kids had watched shows including The Office and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, but had skipped Parks and Recreation despite his encouragement. — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026 Ben Rice followed Grisham's tiebreaking double with a hard RBI single that skipped over shortstop Colt Emerson's glove. — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Kevin Durant skipped town for the Golden State juggernaut, Oklahoma City was left for dead and Russ responded by going completely nuclear. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for skipped

Verb

Witnesses told officers that the driver of the Buick hopped into a black sedan after leaving the car, according to documents.

— WCCO Staff, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
In the absence of obvious sources of amusement, visitors hopped among booths in feverish pursuit of swag—key chains, stickers, sunglasses.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of hopped

Verb

The Angels had missed a chance to get insurance in the top of the 10th, after Guzman’s leadoff double gave them a run with no outs.

— Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2026
Clinicians found real value in cases involving subtle fractures in the knees, feet and other extremities, where conventional X-ray findings were inconclusive or missed the fracture altogether.

— Erez Meltzer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of missed

Verb

That mattered because Baz, while facing Caminero, bounced a pitch, allowing Diaz to race home.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
The scheme reportedly involved depositing checks from accounts with insufficient funds, then withdrawing the temporarily available money, leaving the banks to absorb the losses once the checks bounced, court records show.

— Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of bounced

Verb

How Leaders Should Prepare The organizations that get this right will be the ones that deploy agents where the work is bounded, the data is clean and the accountability is clear.

— Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Today’s official Little Italy is bounded between 48th, 59th, and J streets, and Folsom Boulevard, and many Italian-Americans still live and own businesses in the area, said Italian Cultural Society member Steve Maviglio.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of bounded

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However its advice was ignored, journalist Ralph Vartabedian revealed in a 2022 article for the New York Times.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
Dershowitz has said the rift continued after that encounter, telling The Atlantic that David no longer speaks to him and has ignored him during subsequent encounters.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of ignored

Verb

Points leader Denny Hamlin also rebounded from a pit stop miscue that dropped the Joe Gibbs Racing driver outside the top 15 with less than 100 laps remaining.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Buoyed by that role, Fabares rebounded to work on such popular series as The Brian Keith Show, The Practice with Danny Thomas and Highcliffe Manor.

— Cheryl Cheng, HollywoodReporter, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of rebounded

Verb

The second, a free kick, was glanced in by Nobel Mendy, who was again free close to goal.

— Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Mangione entered the room from a holding area wearing a gray suit and glanced around before taking his seat next to his attorneys, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Marc Agnifilo and Jacob Kaplan.

— Adam Reiss, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026