SPRINGING Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

springing

verb

Definition of springing

present participle of spring

as in starting

to come into existence when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally

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as in leaping

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse

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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

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Recent Examples of springing 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 But this is part of the magician’s sleight of hand, springing into life when his country need him most. — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 20 July 2026 Not free of clothes and springing away from a dense tangle of hair. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 Local Venezuelan restaurants are springing into action with donation drives and fundraisers. — Melody Xu, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026 The holes enhance underfoot compression, absorbing impact and springing you back up into the next step. — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 29 May 2026 Aerial footage of the fire on Monday showed neighbors springing into action to help one another by loading animals into crates. — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 20 May 2026 Does springing forward in early March leave you feeling discombobulated during your commute? — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 30 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for springing

Verb

Organizers are just starting to open those initial capsules up.

— Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026
The teen—who’s rumored to be starting her own beauty company—paired a cropped strapless top with a matching maxiskirt.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of starting

Verb

Video captured a woman leaping from an 11th-floor ledge into a firefighter’s arms to escape a high-rise fire.

— Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 17 Aug. 2026
On the play Dart returned, the QB escaped the pocket before finding Fields in the end zone for a leaping touchdown grab.

— Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of leaping

Verb

The best shampoos cleanse your scalp and hair from roots to ends, freeing it from buildup and gunk without stripping the scalp of natural and vital oils.

— Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 16 Aug. 2026
The result is a system that, in the long term, could carry out sub hunting autonomously, but in the short term acts as an onboard co-pilot, freeing up human operators while doubling sonobuoy processing capacity.

— David Szondy August 12, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of freeing

Verb

The carrier continues to expect roughly 4 percent growth in the global container market, meaning Asia-originating trades are running well ahead of overall demand.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 14 Aug. 2026
Caruso first gained recognition for originating the role of Lydia Deetz in Broadway’s Beetlejuice.

— Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of originating

Verb

Others were prevented from jumping, according to reports from the Navy Times and Stars and Stripes.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Rather than jumping into a price war this summer, Lowe’s directed its $80 million in tariff refunds toward protecting profit margins and covering rising operational costs.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of jumping

Verb

The vast majority of artists who have stopped recording and releasing new music disappear from the rankings and are often never seen again.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Longstaff has had a very good pre-season and could play alongside Ethan Ampadu, releasing Anton Stach to take a more attacking role.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of releasing

Verb

For Alexandre Gobillard, production director at the Gobillard & Fils Champagne house, beginning the harvest in mid-August was once almost unthinkable.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
The sale officially runs from August 20 through September 3, following a three-day preview beginning August 17.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026