jumping

The word “jumping” has 2 syllables: jump-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈdʒʌmpɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for jumping?

In the thesaurus, “jumping” has 136 synonyms and 19 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for jumping along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for jumping

accelerating
active
animated
arrowing
attacking
barreling
barrelling
beating
beating it
beelining
beetling
belting
blasting
blazing
blenching
blowing
bolting
bombing
bouncing
bounding
bowling
breezing
bucking
bundling
buoyant
bustling
buzzing
cannonballing
capering
caprioling
careening
careering
catching up
cavorting
chasing
coursing
cringing
darting
dashing
driving
dynamic
fast-forwarding
flinching
flitting
flying
frolicking
galloping
gamboling
gambolling
getting a move on
haring
hastening
hieing
highballing
hopping
humping
hurdling
hurling
hurrying
hurtling
hustling
hying
irregular
jerking
jetting
jogging
jolting
leapfrogging
leaping
lively
loping
making tracks
motoring
nipping
outpacing
outrunning
outstripping
overtaking
pelting
pouncing
pulsating
quailing
quaking
quickening
quivering
racing
ramming
reacting
recoiling
responding
ripping
rocketing
romping
running
rushing
rustling
scampering
scooting
scudding
scuffling
scurrying
scuttling
shaking
shaking a leg
shooting
shrinking
skipping
skyrocketing
speeding
spooking
springing
sprinting
squinching
stampeding
starting
startling
stepping
stepping on it
stepping out
streaking
tearing
throbbing
traveling
travelling
trembling
trotting
twitching
unsteady
vaulting
vibrant
whirling
whisking
whizzing
wincing
zipping
zooming

Antonyms for jumping

ambling
crawling
creeping
dallying
dawdling
decelerating
dillydallying
dragging
inactive
lagging
lingering
loitering
lumbering
plodding
poking
sauntering
shuffling
strolling
tarrying

Meanings of jumping

verb
1. To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
2. To cause oneself to leave an elevated location and fall downward.
3. To pass by a spring or leap; to overleap.
4. To employ a parachute to leave an aircraft or elevated location.
5. To react to a sudden, often unexpected, stimulus (such as a sharp prick or a loud sound) by jerking the body violently.
6. To increase sharply, to rise, to shoot up.
7. To employ a move in certain board games where one game piece is moved from one legal position to another passing over the position of another piece.
8. To move to a position (in a queue/line) that is further forward.
9. To attack suddenly and violently.
10. To engage in sexual intercourse with (a person).
11. To cause to jump.
12. To move the distance between two opposing subjects.
13. To increase the height of a tower crane by inserting a section at the base of the tower and jacking up everything above it.
14. To increase speed aggressively and without warning.
15. To expose to danger; to risk; to hazard.
16. (smithwork) To join by a buttweld.
17. To thicken or enlarge by endwise blows; to upset.
18. (quarrying) To bore with a jumper.
19. To coincide; to agree; to accord; to tally; followed by with.
20. To start executing code from a different location, rather than following the program counter.
21. To flee; to make one's escape.
noun
1. The act of performing a jump.
adjective
1. Exuberantly active; in full swing.

Example Sentences

The children were jumping in the puddles after the rain.
She kept jumping up and down with excitement when she heard the news.
They were jumping over the hurdles in the race.
He was so happy that he couldn't stop jumping around the room.
The dog started jumping on me when I came through the door.

On this page you'll find 155 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to jumping, such as: accelerating, active, ambling, animated, arrowing, attacking, barreling.

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