| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | leap |
Synonyms: |
bob, bounce, bound, buck, canter, caper, capriole, dance, dive, drop, fall, gambade, gambol, hop, hopping, hurdle, jar, jerk, jolt, leapfrog, leapfrogging, leaping, lurch, nosedive, plummet, plunge, pounce, rise, saltation, shock, skip, skipping, spring, start, swerve, twitch, upspring, upsurge, vault, wrench |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase, advantage |
Synonyms: |
advance, ascent, augmentation, boost, handicap, head start, increment, inflation, rise, spurt, start, upper hand, upsurge, upturn |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease, disadvantage |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstacle |
Synonyms: |
bar, barricade, barrier, fence, hurdle, impediment, rail, stretch |
Antonyms: |
opening |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leap, spring |
Synonyms: |
bail out, barge, bob, bounce, bound, buck, canter, caper, clear, curvet, dive, drop, fall, gambol, hop, hurdle, hurtle, jerk, jiggle, jounce, lollop, lop, lunge, lurch, parachute, plummet, pop, quiver, rattle, ricochet, saltate, shake, skip, sky, somersault, surge, take, top, trip, vault, waver, wobble |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | recoil |
Synonyms: |
bob, bolt, bounce, carom, flinch, jerk, jounce, rebound, ricochet, spring, start, startle, wince |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | omit, avoid |
Synonyms: |
abandon, cancel, clear out, cover, cross out, digress, evade, leave, miss, nullify, overshoot, pass over, skip, switch |
Antonyms: |
address, face |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase |
Synonyms: |
advance, ascend, boost, escalate, gain, hike, jack up, mount, put up, raise, rise, surge, up |
Antonyms: |
decline, decrease |
| Main Entry: | abscond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away, depart secretly |
Synonyms: |
beat it, bolt*, break, clear out, cut and run, decamp, disappear, dog it, duck out, escape, fade*, flee, fly the coop, get, go AWOL, go south, hightail, jump*, leave, make a break, make off, make scarce, pull out, quit, run off, scram, skedaddle, skip out, slip, sneak away, split*, steal away, take off, vamoose, vanish |
Antonyms: |
abide, continue, endure, give up, remain, stay, stop, yield |
| Main Entry: | aggrandize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause something to seem or be greater, bigger |
Synonyms: |
acclaim, applaud, augment, beef up, boost, commend, dignify, distinguish, enlarge, ennoble, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, hike up, honor, hype, increase, intensify, jack up, jump, magnify, multiply, parlay, praise |
Antonyms: |
belittle, debase, degrade, depress, disgrace, humble, lower |
| Main Entry: | ambush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie in wait; attack |
Synonyms: |
ambuscade, assail, assault, box in, bushwhack, decoy, dry gulch, ensnare, entrap, hem in, hide, hook*, jap, jump, lay for, lurk, net, set trap, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay |