Synonyms of springing

springing

verb

present participle of spring

1

as in starting

to come into existence

when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally

Synonyms & Similar Words

• starting
• originating
• beginning
• arising
• being
• appearing
• commencing
• forming
• emerging
• arriving
• breaking
• engendering
• living
• dawning
• materializing
• existing
• actualizing
• lasting
• setting in
• breathing
• continuing
• subsisting
• surviving
• coming on
• persisting
• shaping (up)
• cohering
• enduring
• coalescing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ending
• stopping
• ceasing
• terminating
• finishing
• halting
• concluding
• discontinuing
• disappearing
• vanishing
• dissolving
• evaporating
• dying
• quitting
• departing
• desisting
• expiring
• perishing
• passing away

2

as in leaping

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air

the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaping
• jumping
• hopping
• bounding
• vaulting
• bouncing
• skipping
• pouncing
• attacking
• loping
• leapfrogging
• cavorting
• bucking
• hurdling
• romping
• capering
• gamboling
• frolicking
• skyrocketing
• shooting
• caprioling

3

as in freeing

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

• freeing
• releasing
• rescuing
• saving
• liberating
• loosening
• enlarging
• emancipating
• loosing
• discharging
• enfranchising
• turning loose
• unfettering
• unchaining
• unbinding
• manumitting
• uncaging
• ransoming
• disenthralling
• extricating
• bailing (out)
• paroling
• delivering
• disengaging
• redeeming
• disentangling
• unshackling
• disembarrassing
• disencumbering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restraining
• confining
• binding
• fettering
• committing
• shackling
• handcuffing
• enchaining
• imprisoning
• locking (up)
• jailing
• incarcerating
• conquering
• interning
• subduing
• subjugating
• trammeling
• enslaving
• manacling
• immuring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of springing

Shelton springing east and west along the baseline, showing a rally tolerance and return strategy that lasted for hours. — James Hansen, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

In practical terms, that means no falling back in November and no springing forward in March. — Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Others are stretched across agonizing stretches of silence while Barrett lets an audience stare into the darkness and imagine every horrible possibility before finally springing the trap. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

In response to fierce grassroots opposition and growing public sentiment, local and county governments have been springing to action to protect Marylanders from this Big Tech invasion. — Jorge Aguilar, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026

Ordinarily, Sinner attacks with explosive energy, crouching on his long legs before springing upward, his feet leaving the ground after each shot. — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

At a recent pre-opening event, Garrelts pointed to a flower springing out of a vase. — Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026

Search lived alongside breakouts for news, email, sports, weather, finance, and other content, all designed to keep users on the site rather than springing off to results pages. — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026

Not free of clothes and springing away from a dense tangle of hair. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026