Synonyms of spring

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noun

1

as in leap

an act of leaping into the air

the deer gave a sudden spring and disappeared into the woods

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leap
• jump
• hop
• vault
• bounce
• bound
• pounce
• skip
• caper
• lope
• attack
• plunge
• gambol
• gambado
• pitch
• dive
• capriole

2

as in source

a point or place at which something is invented or provided

the springs of this time-honored tradition run too deep to allow for easy explanation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• source
• cradle
• fountain
• beginning
• origin
• commencement
• well
• root
• font
• start
• wellspring
• fountainhead
• seedbed
• morning
• kickoff
• dawn
• inception
• launch
• onset
• genesis
• outset
• day one
• incipiency
• threshold
• baseline
• incipience
• first base
• ground zero
• nascence
• nascency
• git-go
• get-go
• square one

spring

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verb (1)

ˈspriŋ 

1

as in to start

to come into existence

when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally

Synonyms & Similar Words

• start
• begin
• originate
• arise
• commence
• appear
• be
• form
• set in
• emerge
• arrive
• break
• dawn
• last
• materialize
• live
• exist
• actualize
• breathe
• engender
• continue
• survive
• come on
• subsist
• persist
• shape (up)
• endure
• coalesce
• cohere

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• end
• stop
• cease
• finish
• conclude
• terminate
• halt
• quit
• discontinue
• disappear
• die
• dissolve
• vanish
• expire
• depart
• perish
• evaporate
• desist
• pass away

2

as in to leap

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air

the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leap
• jump
• hop
• bound
• vault
• bounce
• pounce
• skip
• frolic
• attack
• lope
• hurdle
• romp
• caper
• buck
• cavort
• gambol
• leapfrog
• skyrocket
• capriole
• shoot

3

as in to release

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

• release
• free
• rescue
• liberate
• save
• loose
• loosen
• turn loose
• discharge
• enlarge
• emancipate
• enfranchise
• manumit
• unbind
• disenthrall
• unfetter
• disenthral
• uncage
• bail (out)
• parole
• unchain
• ransom
• disengage
• redeem
• deliver
• extricate
• disentangle
• disembarrass
• disencumber
• unshackle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• bind
• confine
• restrain
• jail
• fetter
• shackle
• commit
• intern
• enchain
• lock (up)
• handcuff
• imprison
• conquer
• incarcerate
• trammel
• subdue
• subjugate
• enslave
• manacle
• immure

spring (for)

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verb (2)

as in to pay

to give what is owed for

offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pay
• pay off
• meet
• pony up
• pay up
• settle
• balance
• stand
• ante (up)
• foot
• liquidate
• discharge
• quit
• clear
• recompense

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repudiate

spring (up)

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verb (3)

as in to surface

to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly

a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board

Synonyms & Similar Words

• surface
• arise
• emerge
• happen
• occur
• crop (up)
• go (on)
• come up
• appear
• materialize
• come about
• come out
• come
• fall out
• turn up
• show up
• go off
• interfere
• intervene
• intrude
• transpire
• chance
• pass
• hap
• interpose

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spring

Noun

There are the early spring crops — the peas and the leafy bits that start the season. —Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 18 July 2025

Amid the Tintagel spring gala, Lizzy grapples with whether to share crucial information with Nan. —Billie Melissa, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025

Verb

But even if the popularity of Xiaomi’s EVs can spring beyond the company’s devoted base, production is still on a much more boutique scale. —Bloomberg, Mercury News, 7 July 2025

Spring has finally sprung (despite this week's cool temperatures). —Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

Phrases Containing spring

• spring (for)
• spring (up)