leapfrog

The word “leapfrog” has 2 syllables: leap-frog

It's pronounced as /ˈliːp.frɑːɡ/


What is synonym and antonym for leapfrog?

In the thesaurus, “leapfrog” has 62 synonyms and 9 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for leapfrog

  • attack
  • avoid
  • bob
  • bounce
  • bound
  • buck
  • bypass
  • canter
  • caper
  • capriole
  • cavort
  • circumnavigate
  • circumvent
  • dance
  • detour
  • dive
  • dodge
  • drop
  • duck
  • elude
  • escape
  • eschew
  • evade
  • fall
  • flee
  • frolic
  • gambade
  • gambol
  • hop
  • hopping
  • hurdle
  • jerk
  • jolt
  • jump
  • leap
  • leapfrogging
  • leaping
  • lope
  • lurch
  • nosedive
  • plummet
  • plunge
  • pounce
  • rise
  • romp
  • saltation
  • shake
  • shock
  • shoot
  • shun
  • skip
  • skipping
  • skirt
  • skyrocket
  • spring
  • start
  • swerve
  • twitch
  • upspring
  • upsurge
  • vault
  • wrench

Antonyms for leapfrog

Meanings of leapfrog

  • noun
    1. (games) A game, often played by children, in which a player leaps like a frog over the back of another person who has stooped over. One variation of the game involves a number of people lining up in a row and bending over. The last person in the line then vaults forward over each of the others until he or she reaches the front of the line, whereupon he also bends over. The process is then repeated.
    2. (usually attributive) The process by which a case is appealed or allowed to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
  • verb
    1. To jump over some obstacle, as in the game of leapfrog.
    2. To overtake.
    3. To progress.
    4. Of a case: to appeal or allow to be appealed directly to a supreme court, bypassing an intermediate appellate court.
    5. To advance by engaging the enemy with one unit while another moves further forward.

Example Sentences

  • The children played leapfrog in the park.
  • Startups often try to leapfrog traditional industries with innovation.
  • He managed to leapfrog several ranks in just one year.
  • The new app could leapfrog its competitors with better features.
  • In the game, each player must leapfrog over the others in turn.

On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to leapfrog, such as: accept, attack, avoid, bob, bounce, bound, buck.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

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hurdle

  • adversity
  • annihilate
  • arrest
  • attack
  • balk
  • bar
  • barricade
  • barrier
  • beat
  • best
  • better
  • bit
  • block
  • blockade
  • blockage
  • blow away
  • bomb
  • bounce
  • bound
  • brake
  • break
  • brick wall
  • buck
  • burden
  • bury
  • cap
  • caper
  • capriole
  • catch
  • cavort
  • chain
  • check
  • clear
  • clobber
  • clog
  • complication
  • conquer
  • constraint
  • cramp
  • cream
  • crimp
  • crush
  • cumber
  • curb
  • danger
  • delay
  • destroy
  • deterrent
  • difficulty
  • disadvantage
  • dispatch
  • do in
  • down
  • drag
  • drawback
  • drub
  • dust
  • eclipse
  • embargo
  • embarrassment
  • encumbrance
  • exceed
  • excel
  • fence
  • fetter
  • finish
  • flatten
  • flourish
  • frolic
  • gambol
  • hamper
  • handicap
  • hardship
  • hazard
  • hedge
  • hindrance
  • hitch
  • hobble
  • holdback
  • holdup
  • hop
  • impediment
  • inhibition
  • interference
  • jump
  • jump across
  • knock off
  • knock over
  • leap
  • leap over
  • leapfrog
  • let
  • lick
  • load
  • lop
  • lope
  • manacle
  • master
  • mountain
  • negotiate
  • nose out
  • obstacle
  • obstruction
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfight
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • over
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overmatch
  • overpower
  • overthrow
  • overtop
  • overwhelm
  • paste
  • peril
  • pip
  • pounce
  • reef
  • rein
  • restraint
  • romp
  • rout
  • rub
  • saltate
  • scale
  • score
  • shackles
  • shellac
  • shoot
  • sink
  • skin
  • skip
  • skunk
  • skyrocket
  • slaughter
  • smoke
  • smother
  • snag
  • snow under
  • spring
  • stall
  • stone wall
  • stop
  • stoppage
  • stumbling block
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • succeed
  • surmount
  • surpass
  • sweep
  • take
  • thrash
  • throw
  • top
  • trammel
  • transcend
  • traverse
  • trim
  • tromp
  • trounce
  • upend
  • upset
  • vanquish
  • vault
  • wall
  • wallop
  • wax
  • whap
  • whip
  • whomp
  • whop
  • whup
  • worst

jump

  • abandon
  • accelerate
  • advance
  • advantage
  • allowance
  • arrow
  • ascend
  • ascendancy
  • ascendency
  • ascent
  • attack
  • augmentation
  • bail out
  • bar
  • barge
  • barrel
  • barricade
  • barrier
  • beat it
  • beeline
  • beetle
  • belt
  • benefit
  • better
  • blast
  • blaze
  • blench
  • blessing
  • blow
  • bob
  • bolt
  • bomb
  • boon
  • boost
  • bounce
  • bound
  • bowl
  • break
  • breeze
  • buck
  • bulge
  • bundle
  • bustle
  • buzz
  • cancel
  • cannonball
  • canter
  • caper
  • capriole
  • careen
  • career
  • carom
  • catbird seat
  • catch up
  • cavort
  • chase
  • clear
  • clear out
  • coign of vantage
  • command
  • course
  • cover
  • cringe
  • cross out
  • curvet
  • dance
  • dart
  • dash
  • digress
  • dive
  • dominance
  • drive
  • drop
  • edge
  • escalate
  • evade
  • fall
  • fast-forward
  • felicity
  • fence
  • flinch
  • flit
  • fly
  • foothold
  • frolic
  • gain
  • gallop
  • gambade
  • gambado
  • gambol
  • get a move on
  • godsend
  • handicap
  • hare
  • hasten
  • head start
  • hie
  • high ground
  • highball
  • hike
  • hop
  • hopping
  • hump
  • hurdle
  • hurl
  • hurry
  • hurtle
  • hustle
  • impediment
  • increment
  • inflation
  • inside track
  • jack up
  • jerk
  • jet
  • jiggle
  • jog
  • jolt
  • jounce
  • lead
  • leap
  • leapfrog
  • leapfrogging
  • leaping
  • leave
  • leg up
  • lollop
  • lop
  • lope
  • lunge
  • lurch
  • make tracks
  • manna
  • margin
  • mastery
  • miss
  • motor
  • mount
  • nip
  • nosedive
  • nullify
  • odds
  • opportunity
  • outpace
  • outrun
  • outstrip
  • overshoot
  • overtake
  • parachute
  • pass over
  • pelt
  • pitch
  • plummet
  • plunge
  • pop
  • pounce
  • precedence
  • predominance
  • preference
  • prerogative
  • privilege
  • pull
  • put up
  • quail
  • quicken
  • quiver
  • race
  • rail
  • raise
  • ram
  • rattle
  • react
  • rebound
  • recoil
  • respond
  • ricochet
  • rip
  • rise
  • rocket
  • romp
  • run
  • rush
  • rustle
  • saltate
  • saltation
  • scamper
  • scoot
  • scud
  • scuffle
  • scurry
  • scuttle
  • seniority
  • shake
  • shake a leg
  • shock
  • shoot
  • shrink
  • skip
  • skipping
  • sky
  • skyrocket
  • somersault
  • speed
  • spook
  • spring
  • sprint
  • spurt
  • squinch
  • stampede
  • start
  • startle
  • stead
  • step
  • step on it
  • step out
  • streak
  • stretch
  • superiority
  • supremacy
  • surge
  • swerve
  • switch
  • take
  • tear
  • top
  • transcendence
  • transcendency
  • travel
  • trip
  • trot
  • twitch
  • up
  • upper hand
  • upspring
  • upsurge
  • upturn
  • vantage
  • vault
  • waver
  • whip hand
  • whirl
  • whisk
  • whiz
  • whizz
  • wince
  • windfall
  • wobble
  • wrench
  • zip
  • zoom

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