| Main Entry: | spring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jump, skip |
Synonyms: |
bounce, bounciness, bound, buck, buoyancy, elasticity, flexibility, give, hop, leap, recoil, resilience, saltation, springiness, vault |
| Main Entry: | spring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | season following winter |
Synonyms: |
blackberry winter, budding, budtime, flowering, prime, seedtime, springtide, springtime, vernal equinox, vernal season |
| Main Entry: | spring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | origin |
Synonyms: |
beginning, cause, consideration, fount, fountain, fountainhead, impetus, motive, root, source, stimulus, well, wellspring, whence |
Antonyms: |
end, result |
| Main Entry: | spring |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | body of rushing waters |
Synonyms: |
artesian well, baths, fountain, geyser, hot spring, hydrolysate, spa, thermal spring, watering place, wells |
| Main Entry: | spring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump, skip |
Synonyms: |
bolt, bounce, bound, hippety hop, hop, hurdle, leap, lop, lope, rebound, recoil, skitter, start, startle, trip, vault |
| Main Entry: | spring |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | originate, emerge |
Synonyms: |
appear, arise, arrive, be derived, be descended, begin, birth, burgeon, come, come into being, come into existence, come out, commence, derive, descend, develop, emanate, flow, grow, hatch, head, issue, loom, mushroom, proceed, rise, shoot up, start, stem, upspring |
| Main Entry: | absolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free from responsibility, duty |
Synonyms: |
acquit, bleach, blink at, clear, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, go easy on, launder, let off easy, let off the hook, let off, let up on, liberate, lifeboat, loose, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize, set free, spare, spring*, vindicate, whitewash, wink at, wipe it off, wipe the slate clean, write off |
| Notes: | one is absolved of blame or responsibility but is acquitted of a charge, usually a crime |
Antonyms: |
bind, blame, charge, condemn, convict, hold, impeach, incriminate, obligate, punish, sentence |
| Main Entry: | adolescence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of puberty, preadulthood |
Synonyms: |
boyhood, girlhood, greenness, juvenility, minority, pubescence, spring, teens, youth, youthfulness |
Antonyms: |
adulthood, infancy |
| Main Entry: | appear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into sight |
Synonyms: |
arise, arrive, attend, be present, be within view, blow in, bob up, break through, breeze in, check in, clock in, come, come forth, come into view, come out, come to light, crop up, develop, drop in, emerge, expose, issue, loom, make the scene, materialize, occur, pop in, pop up, present, punch in, punch the clock, recur, ring in, rise, roll in, show, show up, spring, surface, time in, turn out, turn up |
Antonyms: |
disappear, hide |
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come into being; proceed |
Synonyms: |
appear, begin, come to light, commence, crop up, derive, emanate, emerge, ensue, flow, follow, happen, head, issue, occur, originate, result, rise, set in, spring, start, stem |