JUMPS Synonyms

• a gait in which steps and hops alternate

• a mistake resulting from neglect

• bypass

• intentionally fail to attend

• jump lightly

• leave suddenly

• bound off one point after another

• cause to skip over a surface

• the season of growth; spring; the beginning of spring

• a metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed

• a natural flow of ground water

• a point at which water issues forth

• the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

• a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

• move forward by leaps and bounds

• develop into a distinctive entity

• spring back; spring away from an impact

• develop suddenly

• produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly

• the beginning of anything

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)

• a sudden involuntary movement

• the act of starting something

• a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game

• a signal to begin (as in a race)

• the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• set in motion, cause to start

• depart for someplace

• have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense

• bring into being

• get off the ground

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• get going or set in motion

• begin or set in motion

• begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job

• play in the starting lineup

• have a beginning characterized in some specified way

• begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object

• bulge outward

• a sudden involuntary movement

• to stimulate to action

• move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm

• set off quickly, usually with success

• jump down from an elevated point

• of leaves and branches etc; first on one side and then on the other in two ranks along an axis; not paired

• someone who takes the place of another person

• every second one of a series

• serving or used in place of another

• occurring by turns; first one and then the other

• go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions

• exchange people temporarily to fulfill certain jobs and functions

• be an understudy or alternate for a role

• reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

• do something in turns

• the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise

• wait in hiding to attack

• hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing

• attack someone physically or emotionally

• launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

• attack in speech or writing

• confined by bonds

• held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union

• secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form

• a line determining the limits of an area

• the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

• the greatest possible degree of something

• a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

• (usually followed by `to') governed by fate

• covered or wrapped with a bandage

• headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'

• bound by an oath

• bound by contract

• confined in the bowels

• move forward by leaps and bounds

• form the boundary of; be contiguous to

• place limits on (extent or amount or access)

• spring back; spring away from an impact

• rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

• sloping channel through which things can descend

• jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

• cause to run off the tracks

• run off or leave the rails

• a reflex response to sudden pain

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car

• start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

• start or re-start vigorously

• the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump

• the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground

• starting an automobile engine that has a weak battery by means of jumper cables to another car

• start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery

• start or re-start vigorously

• rescue equipment consisting of a device that fills with air and retards your fall

• jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

• descent with a parachute

• any of various burrowing animals of the family Leporidae having long ears and short tails; some domesticated and raised for pets or food

• the fur of a rabbit

• flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food

• hunt rabbits

• a growth in strength or number or importance

• the act of changing location in an upward direction

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

• a movement upward; rise above the ground

• the amount a salary is increased

• the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises

• a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground

• (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost

• an increase in cost

• increase in price or value

• move upward

• increase in value or to a higher point

• rise to one's feet

• rise up

• come to the surface

• come into existence; take on form or shape

• move to a better position in life or to a better job

• go up or advance

• become more extreme

• get up and out of bed

• rise in rank or status

• become heartened or elated

• exert oneself to meet a challenge

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• increase in volume

• come up, of celestial bodies

• return from the dead