Synonyms of sprung

sprung

verb

past participle of spring

1

as in originated

to come into existence

when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally

Synonyms & Similar Words

• originated
• started
• arisen
• begun
• been
• commenced
• appeared
• formed
• arrived
• engendered
• set in
• lived
• existed
• dawned
• materialized
• broken
• emerged
• actualized
• breathed
• lasted
• survived
• subsisted
• coalesced
• continued
• come on
• persisted
• shaped (up)
• endured
• cohered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in leapt

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air

the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leapt
• leaped
• jumped
• hopped
• bounded
• vaulted
• pounced
• attacked
• bounced
• skipped
• loped
• leapfrogged
• hurdled
• bucked
• romped
• cavorted
• capered
• gamboled
• frolicked
• gambolled
• 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
• discharged
• freed
• paroled
• loosened
• turned loose
• loosed
• disenthralled
• enfranchised
• enlarged
• emancipated
• unchained
• unfettered
• manumitted
• uncaged
• ransomed
• unbound
• saved
• delivered
• disenthraled
• extricated
• bailed (out)
• disengaged
• disentangled
• disencumbered
• redeemed
• disembarrassed
• unshackled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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