Synonyms of vaulting

vaulting

verb

present participle of vault

as in leaping

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air

vaulted over the obstacle with ease

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of vaulting

Burnham was mayor of Greater Manchester before vaulting back into national politics, and one of his first acts was to set up a branch office in the city. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026

His post-practice shower was doing very little to slow down the blood still vaulting through his veins. — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 30 July 2026

The move follows Anthropic’s filing of confidential paperwork for an initial public offering, vaulting the startup ahead of AI rival OpenAI. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 2 June 2026

The victory improved the Wave to 8-4-1 this season, vaulting them back into first place in the league standings. — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026

None of the Rockets’ young players showed immediate signs of vaulting into the league’s upper echelon. — Varun Shankar, Houston Chronicle, 4 May 2026

The Human Rights Campaign, one of the nation's largest LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations, is vaulting into the midterms with a $15 million investment targeting Republicans in Georgia and other battleground states after a series of setbacks in recent years. — CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026

But despite vaulting her toward an Emmy nomination in 2020, the visibility of a major network TV show didn’t come with a clean, cinematic sense of arrival. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2026

On her final attempt, Gu stomped a left double-cork 1260 with a toxic grab, vaulting from sixth place into silver-medal position. — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 19 Feb. 2026