Synonyms of sprang

sprang

verb

variants or sprung

past tense of spring

1

as in arose

to come into existence

when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally

Synonyms & Similar Words

• arose
• was
• appeared
• began
• formed
• originated
• commenced
• engendered
• set in
• started
• existed
• dawned
• materialized
• lived
• broke
• emerged
• breathed
• lasted
• actualized
• arrived
• continued
• survived
• subsisted
• came on
• coalesced
• persisted
• shaped (up)
• endured
• cohered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ended
• stopped
• ceased
• concluded
• finished
• halted
• terminated
• disappeared
• vanished
• dissolved
• died
• discontinued
• quit
• evaporated
• quitted
• desisted
• departed
• perished
• passed away
• expired

2

as in leaped

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air

the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaped
• leapt
• jumped
• hopped
• bounded
• pounced
• vaulted
• attacked
• bounced
• loped
• skipped
• hurdled
• bucked
• leapfrogged
• capered
• romped
• cavorted
• gambolled
• gamboled
• frolicked
• skyrocketed
• caprioled
• shot

3

as in released

to set free (as from slavery or confinement)

had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• released
• rescued
• liberated
• freed
• discharged
• loosed
• paroled
• loosened
• turned loose
• unchained
• unfettered
• enfranchised
• enlarged
• unbound
• emancipated
• manumitted
• disenthralled
• ransomed
• uncaged
• saved
• delivered
• extricated
• disenthraled
• bailed (out)
• disencumbered
• disentangled
• disengaged
• unshackled
• disembarrassed
• redeemed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bound
• confined
• restrained
• fettered
• shackled
• handcuffed
• committed
• locked (up)
• enchained
• imprisoned
• interned
• trammelled
• jailed
• incarcerated
• conquered
• trammeled
• manacled
• subdued
• subjugated
• enslaved
• immured