SKIPS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

skips 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of skip

as in hops

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

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as in misses

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 bounces

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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skips

2 of 2

noun

plural of skip

as in commanders

a person in overall command of a ship the skip's barking orders again

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Recent Examples of skips

Verb

This home-style recipe skips the cream of mushroom soup and starts with everything from scratch. — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2026 The ball skips around the perimeter, in and out of the paint, before finding the wing in the corner for a 3-pointer. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026 Triple-tapping skips forward or backward on the right and left earbud, respectively. — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 5 Nov. 2026 Any system that skips this step applies one global severity score to environments that share almost nothing in common. — Jonathan Stewart, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026 Then deal with the bedroom, which is the part everyone skips. — Randy J. Nelson, Scientific American, 30 Oct. 2026 The molten salt strategy skips that chemical detour entirely. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026 And deep sapphire gives the kind of counterculture cool girl who skips the gala hobnobbing for popping bottles with friends and stirring up good trouble around the town. — Loren Savini, Allure, 26 Oct. 2026 With her social life in tatters and a world of her anxieties realized, Tae-ju rashly skips town, heading for the tranquil coastal guesthouse of another friend. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

Noun

The rise of major metropolitan centers around the world, for example, brought with it Baudelaire’s flâneur just as transcontinental railroads made narrative skips in space and time more legible. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 Their Greatest Hits is the only no-skips set in the catalog of a band that sometimes seemed to specialize in the skips. — Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026 To be among my best of the best, a restaurant must serve dishes and drinks that are complete in terms of flavor and technique, from the premeal cocktails to dessert—like an album with no skips. — Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Aug. 2026 The knob controls volume and can be clicked to pause and resume content (double- or triple-clicking skips and reverses songs, respectively). — Brad Bourque, The Verge, 23 June 2026 And the fact that her records are all bangers and no skips helps. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 June 2026 Most of the tour’s SoCal appearances have had two opening acts, Lucinda Williams and the John Doe Folk Trio, and there are no skips in that triple-bill. — Chris Willman, Variety, 21 June 2026 The remarkable iron shot from the right side of the fairway with two skips into the hole — his final hole of the 2026 RBC Heritage — assured him a tie for eighth place and massive $550,000 payday. — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026 Laden with skips, the landing craft goes back and forth to Girvan for several days. — Matt Slater, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026

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The average shift in the National Hockey League is well under one minute before a player hops back over the boards, but tell that to New York Islanders star defenseman Matthew Schaefer.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Blanding hops in and out of the truck, grabbing buckets of food scraps from porches and restaurants, piling those scraps into bins in the truck bed and driving them to a composting site.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of hops

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The best way to see (and travel) Brisbane is the CityCat ferry, which bounces between 22 stops along the river.

— Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2026
Teqball combines football skills with a soccer-like ball that bounces on a curved table resembling a table tennis table.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of bounces

Noun

The capability is particularly relevant to large-scale combat operations, where commanders must maintain awareness of developments across extensive areas and multiple domains, including land, air, maritime, space and cyberspace.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
The action follows sanctions on Rwanda’s army and four senior commanders in March and on a Kigali gold refinery in June.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of commanders

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Emmy Rossum bounds in, immediately recognizable by her voluminous curls, and pours herself a cup of self-serve iced coffee.

— Danielle McNally, InStyle, 22 Oct. 2026
Throughout the event, a guy bounds around, introducing the recordists, then crouching to cue their recordings on a laptop, his dark, longish hair under a black dad cap bearing the club’s name.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of bounds

Noun

Miami now has seven captains — four healthy ones (Patrick Paul, Jordyn Brooks, and Uche) and four players sidelined (Aaron Brewer — who is in concussion protocol — as well as Willis, De’Von Achane and Sieler).

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
As the Dolphins lost two captains to injury this week in quarterback Malik Willis and defensive tackle Zach Sieler, another voice was needed.

— David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026

Definition of captains

Noun

The American League and National League teams will be managed by John Schneider and Dave Roberts, respectively, the skippers of last year’s World Series clubs.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 5 July 2026
Ludwig says many breakfast skippers end up overeating at night.

— Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 13 May 2026