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spring

The word “spring” has 1 syllable: spring

It's pronounced as /sprɪŋ/

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In the thesaurus, “spring” has 113 synonyms and 38 antonyms.

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

Synonyms for spring

Antonyms for spring

Meanings of spring

  • verb
    1. To weaken, as a joint, ligament, or muscle, by sudden and excessive exertion, as by wrenching; to overstrain, or stretch injuriously, but without luxation.
    2. To burst forth.
    3. (of beards) To grow.
    4. To cause to burst forth.
    5. To make wet, to moisten.
    6. (usually with "to" or "up") To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
    7. (now usually with "apart" or "open") To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
    8. To go off.
    9. To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
    10. (usually perfective) To crack.
    11. To have something crack.
    12. To cause to crack.
    13. To surprise by sudden or deft action.
    14. (of arches) To build, to form the initial curve of.
    15. (of arches, with "from") To extend, to curve.
    16. To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
    17. To raise a vessel's sheer.
    18. (cobblery) To raise a last's toe.
    19. To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
    20. To raise an offered price.
    21. To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
    22. To equip with springs, especially (of vehicles) to equip with a suspension.
    23. To provide spring or elasticity.
    24. To inspire, to motivate.
    25. To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
    26. (now rare) To reach maturity, to be fully grown.
    27. (chiefly of cows) To swell with milk or pregnancy.
    28. (of rattles) To sound, to play.
    29. To spend the springtime somewhere.
    30. To hold tightly, to clasp.
    31. To apply a force or forces to by stretching out.
    32. To damage by drawing, stretching, or the exertion of force.
    33. To act upon, in any way, so as to cause change of form or volume, as when bending a beam.
    34. To exert or struggle (to do something), especially to stretch (one's senses, faculties etc.) beyond what is normal or comfortable.
    35. To stretch beyond its proper limit; to do violence to, in terms of intent or meaning.
    36. To separate solid from liquid by passing through a strainer or colander.
    37. To percolate; to be filtered.
    38. To make uneasy or unnatural; to produce with apparent effort; to force; to constrain.
    39. To urge with importunity; to press.
    40. Hug somebody; to hold somebody tightly.
    41. To beget, generate (of light), engender, copulate (both of animals and humans), lie with, be born, come into the world.
  • noun
    1. An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
    2. The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life, variously reckoned as.
    3. The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
    4. Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
    5. Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly.
    6. An erection of the penis.
    7. A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or a plank or seam.
    8. Springiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly.
    9. The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
    10. Something which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly.

Example Sentences

  • The spring under the chair makes it bounce slightly.
  • They replaced the broken spring in the mattress.
  • The mechanic checked the spring in the car’s suspension system.
  • A metal spring helps the door close automatically.
  • He built a toy that moves using a tiny spring inside.

On this page you'll find 151 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to spring, such as: actualize, appear, arise, arrive, attack, baseline, be.

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