SPRUNG Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

sprung

verb

Definition of sprung next

past participle of spring

as in originated

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

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as in leaped

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

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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

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Recent Examples of sprung Yet, in some areas of the country, spring has sprung with above-average temperatures in around 90% of the contiguous United States. —

Kathryn Prociv, NBC news, 27 Feb. 2026 Higgins first sprung into the public eye with the British version of Love Island in 2019. —

Meg Walters, InStyle, 22 Feb. 2026 Spring may not have officially sprung, but the siren sounds of the season began ringing out in Arizona and Florida this week as baseball players reported for spring training. —

J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026 Spring has indeed already sprung here in Arizona and while the temperatures are steadily rising, there's still more beautiful days ahead. —

Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 19 Feb. 2026 The precarious state of her mind forces us to question whether Sylvia and Ted are ghosts, hallucinations or literary inventions sprung to life. —

Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026 That’s what happened in 2022, when the uncrewed Artemis I mission sprung multiple liquid hydrogen fuel leaks on the launchpad and during testing—a recurring problem that delayed its launch significantly. —

Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 27 Jan. 2026 Eleven years ago, Tom Brady was buried on the same field under a barrage of sacks, hits and hurries in an upset that sprung the Broncos to the Super Bowl. —

Andrew Callahan, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2026 But like his players, McDaniels delivered often enough in big moments, starting with a perfect fourth-and-1 play-call that sprung Douglas for a 28-yard touchdown against man coverage. —

Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 20 Jan. 2026

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Although the concept of the grand jury originated in ancient Greece, it was imported from England to the colonies as part of the English common law.

— Barbara Jaffe, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2026
The study adds to a growing body of evidence that eukaryotic cells originated in oxygen-containing coastal environments, said Daniel Brady Mills, postdoctoral researcher in the Institute of Molecular Evolution at Germany’s University of Düsseldorf.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 4 Mar. 2026