leaping
The word “leaping” has 2 syllables: leap-ing
It's pronounced as /ˈliːpɪŋ/
What is synonym and antonym for leaping?
In the thesaurus, “leaping” has 87 synonyms and 9 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for leaping along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for leaping
- active
- animated
- attacking
- beating
- bob
- bounce
- bouncing
- bound
- bounding
- buck
- bucking
- buoyant
- canter
- caper
- capering
- capriole
- caprioling
- cavorting
- circuitous
- dance
- desultory
- deviating
- devious
- digressional
- digressionary
- digressive
- discursive
- dive
- drop
- dynamic
- excursive
- fall
- frolicking
- gambade
- gambol
- gamboling
- gambolling
- hop
- hopping
- hurdle
- hurdling
- indirect
- irregular
- jerk
- jolt
- jumping
- leapfrog
- leapfrogging
- lively
- loping
- lurch
- maundering
- meandering
- nosedive
- plummet
- plunge
- pounce
- pouncing
- pulsating
- quaking
- quivering
- rambling
- rise
- romping
- roundabout
- saltation
- shaking
- shock
- shooting
- skip
- skipping
- skyrocketing
- spring
- springing
- start
- swerve
- throbbing
- trembling
- twitch
- unsteady
- upspring
- upsurge
- vault
- vaulting
- vibrant
- wandering
- wrench
Antonyms for leaping
- coherent
- consistent
- direct
- focused
- focussed
- inactive
- logical
- straightforward
- undeviating
Meanings of leaping
- verb
- To jump.
- To pass over by a leap or jump.
- To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
- To cause to leap.
Example Sentences
- The cat was leaping from one rooftop to another.
- She came leaping with joy after hearing the good news.
- The athlete was leaping over hurdles effortlessly.
- Flames were leaping high into the night sky.
- He kept leaping forward to catch the ball.
On this page you'll find 96 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to leaping, such as: active, animated, attacking, beating, bob, bounce, bouncing.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
quaking
- active
- agitating
- agitation
- alarm
- all aquiver
- animated
- aquake
- aquiver
- ashake
- atremble
- beating
- bouncing
- bounding
- bucketing
- buoyant
- cataclysm
- chattering
- clamor
- cold sweat
- commotion
- consonant
- consternation
- convulsing
- convulsive
- disaster
- dismay
- doddering
- dread
- dynamic
- earthquake
- faltering
- fear
- ferment
- flickering
- fluctuant
- fluctuating
- flutter
- fluttering
- furor
- hopping
- horror
- hurdling
- infirm
- insecure
- irregular
- jellylike
- jerking
- jerry-built
- jiggle
- jiggling
- jittery
- joggling
- jolting
- jouncing
- juddering
- leaping
- lively
- nervous
- not set
- oscillating
- oscillation
- outcry
- palpitating
- palpitation
- panic
- pit-a-patting
- pitter-pattering
- precarious
- pulsating
- pulsing
- quake
- quaver
- quavering
- quavery
- quiver
- quivering
- quivery
- rattletrap
- resonant
- resounding
- reverberant
- rickety
- ringing
- ripple
- rocking
- rocky
- rootless
- scare
- seism
- shake
- shaking
- shaky
- shiver
- shivering
- shivery
- shock
- shudder
- shuddering
- shuddery
- skipping
- sonorant
- sonorous
- springing
- staggering
- staggery
- swaying
- swinging
- teetering
- temblor
- terror
- thrilling
- throbbing
- tottering
- tottery
- tremble
- trembling
- tremblor
- trembly
- tremor
- tremorous
- tremulous
- trepidation
- trepidity
- tumbledown
- tumult
- turbulence
- twitch
- twitching
- undulating
- unfirm
- unsettled
- unsound
- unstable
- unsteady
- unsure
- upheaval
- upturn
- vacillating
- vibrant
- vibrating
- vibration
- wabbling
- wabbly
- wavering
- wavery
- waving
- weak
- wiggling
- wobble
- wobbling
- wobbly
- yielding
dashing
- absurd
- accelerating
- adventuresome
- adventurous
- afflicting
- agitating
- ailing
- alert
- animated
- arrowing
- asinine
- audacious
- balmy
- barreling
- barrelling
- bathing
- beating it
- beelining
- beetling
- belting
- bespattering
- blasting
- blazing
- blowing
- bold
- bolting
- bombing
- bothering
- bounding
- bowling
- brainless
- brash
- brave
- breezing
- bucking
- bundling
- burdening
- bustling
- buzzing
- cannonballing
- cantering
- careening
- careering
- casting
- catapulting
- catching up
- chasing
- chic
- chucking
- concerning
- courageous
- coursing
- crazy
- dabbling
- dapper
- daredevil
- daring
- darting
- daunting
- dauntless
- dazzling
- debonair
- dejecting
- demoralizing
- depressing
- discomforting
- discomposing
- discouraging
- disheartening
- dismaying
- dispiriting
- disquieting
- distressing
- disturbing
- dousing
- dowsing
- drenching
- driving
- drowning
- dumb
- ejecting
- elegant
- emboldened
- enterprising
- exclusive
- exercising
- exuberant
- fashionable
- fast-forwarding
- fearless
- firing
- flinging
- flipping
- flitting
- flying
- foolhardy
- foolish
- free-swinging
- gadarene
- gallant
- galloping
- gay
- getting a move on
- getting down
- greathearted
- gritty
- gunning
- gutsy
- half-witted
- hardy
- harebrained
- haring
- hastening
- hasty
- headlong
- heaving
- heedless
- heroic
- heroical
- hieing
- highballing
- hooking
- hotheaded
- humping
- hurling
- hurrying
- hurtling
- hustling
- hying
- idiotic
- idiotical
- impelling
- impetuous
- impregnating
- imprudent
- impulsive
- incautious
- insane
- intrepid
- irrational
- jaunty
- jetting
- jogging
- jumping
- keen
- lapping
- launching
- leaping
- letting fly
- lionhearted
- lively
- lobbing
- lofting
- loping
- lunatic
- mad
- madcap
- making tracks
- modish
- moronic
- motoring
- nerved
- nervy
- nipping
- nutty
- oppressing
- outpacing
- outrunning
- outstripping
- overbold
- overconfident
- overtaking
- passing
- pattering
- pegging
- pelting
- perturbing
- pitching
- plashing
- plucky
- precipitate
- precipitating
- projecting
- propelling
- quickening
- racing
- ramming
- rash
- reckless
- rifling
- ripping
- rocketing
- rolling
- rousing
- running
- rushing
- rustling
- saddening
- saturating
- scampering
- scatterbrained
- scooting
- scudding
- scuffling
- scurrying
- scuttling
- shagging
- shaking a leg
- shooting
- showy
- silly
- skipping
- slinging
- slopping
- sloshing
- slushing
- smart
- soaking
- sopping
- sousing
- spattering
- speeding
- spirited
- splashing
- splattering
- sporty
- spraying
- springing
- sprinkling
- sprinting
- spritzing
- spunky
- squirting
- stalwart
- stampeding
- steeping
- stepping
- stepping on it
- stepping out
- stout
- stouthearted
- streaking
- stupid
- stylish
- swank
- swashbuckling
- swashing
- swish
- tearing
- thoughtless
- throwing
- thrusting
- tormenting
- torturing
- tossing
- traveling
- travelling
- tripping
- trotting
- troubling
- unafraid
- undaunted
- undoing
- unhinging
- unnecessary
- unnerving
- unreasonable
- unsettling
- upsetting
- valiant
- valorous
- venturesome
- venturous
- vivacious
- wacky
- washing
- watering
- weighing down
- whacky
- whirling
- whisking
- whizzing
- wild
- witless
- worrying
- zipping
- zooming
galloping
- accelerated
- at speed
- barreling
- barrelling
- belting
- blasting
- blazing
- blistering
- blowing
- bolting
- bombing
- bounding
- bowling
- breakneck
- breathless
- breathtaking
- breezing
- brisk
- bustling
- buzzing
- cannonballing
- cantering
- careening
- competing
- contest
- coursing
- darting
- dashing
- dizzy
- energetic
- expeditious
- fast
- fleet
- fleet-footed
- flying
- haring
- hastened
- hastening
- hasty
- hieing
- high-speed
- hot
- humping
- hurling
- hurried
- hurrying
- hurtling
- hustling
- hying
- jetting
- jogging
- leaping
- lightning
- loping
- nipping
- nippy
- pattering
- pelting
- prompt
- quick
- quickened
- racing
- ramming
- rapid
- rapid-fire
- rattling
- ready
- ripping
- rocketing
- running
- rush
- rushed
- rushing
- rustling
- sailing
- scampering
- scooting
- scurrying
- scuttling
- shagging
- shooting
- skipping
- snappy
- speeding
- speedy
- splitting
- sport
- sporting
- springing
- sprinting
- strenuous
- strong
- swift
- tearing
- track
- tripping
- trotting
- ultrafast
- ultrarapid
- vigorous
- whirling
- whirlwind
- whisking
- whizzing
- zipping
- zippy
- zooming
gamboling
- amusement
- binge
- bounding
- buffoonery
- capering
- carousing
- carrying on
- cavorting
- clowning
- curveting
- curvetting
- cutting capers
- cutting up
- dalliance
- dancing
- delight
- devilment
- devilry
- deviltry
- disporting
- diversion
- enjoyment
- entertainment
- fling
- fooling around
- friskiness
- frisking
- frolic
- frolicking
- fun
- fun and games
- hanky-panky
- high jinks
- hijinks
- hilarity
- hob
- hobby
- hobbyhorse
- hopping
- horseplay
- horsing around
- impishness
- jinks
- joyriding
- kick
- kiting
- knavery
- lark
- larking
- leaping
- loping
- merriment
- merrymaking
- mischief
- mischievousness
- pastime
- play
- playfulness
- pleasance
- pleasure
- prancing
- rascality
- recreation
- relaxation
- revel
- reveling
- revelling
- revelry
- roguishness
- roistering
- rollick
- rollicking
- romping
- roughhousing
- skipping
- skylarking
- sport
- sporting
- sportiveness
- spree
- springing
- tomfoolery
- tripping
- tumbling
- waggery
- wantonness
- whoopee
gambolling
- amusement
- binge
- bound
- bounding
- buffoonery
- caper
- capering
- carousing
- carry on
- carrying on
- cavort
- cavorting
- clowning
- curveting
- curvetting
- cut
- cut a caper
- cut loose
- cutting capers
- cutting up
- dalliance
- dancing
- delight
- devilment
- devilry
- deviltry
- disporting
- diversion
- enjoyment
- entertainment
- fling
- fool around
- fooling around
- frisk
- friskiness
- frisking
- frolic
- frolicking
- fun
- fun and games
- hanky-panky
- high jinks
- hijinks
- hilarity
- hob
- hobby
- hobbyhorse
- hop
- hopping
- horse around
- horseplay
- horsing around
- impishness
- jinks
- joyriding
- jump
- kibitz around
- kick
- kiting
- knavery
- lark
- larking
- leap
- leaping
- loping
- merriment
- merrymaking
- mischief
- mischievousness
- pastime
- play
- playfulness
- pleasance
- pleasure
- prance
- prancing
- rascality
- recreation
- relaxation
- revel
- reveling
- revelling
- revelry
- roguishness
- roister
- roistering
- rollick
- rollicking
- romp
- romping
- roughhousing
- skip
- skipping
- skylarking
- sport
- sporting
- sportiveness
- spree
- spring
- springing
- tomfoolery
- tripping
- tumbling
- waggery
- wantonness
- whoop it up
- whoopee