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| Main Entry: | leap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jump; increase |
| Synonyms: | bound, caper, escalation, frisk, hop, rise, skip, spring, surge, upsurge, upswing, vault |
| Main Entry: | leap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump, jump over; increase |
| Synonyms: | advance, arise, ascend, bounce, bound, caper, cavort, clear, escalate, frisk, hop, hurdle, lop, mount, rise, rocket, skip, soar, spring, surge, vault, saltate |
| Main Entry: | bob |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bounce up and down |
| Synonyms: | bow, duck, genuflect, hop, jerk, jounce, leap, nod, oscillate, quaver, quiver, ricochet, seesaw, skip, waggle, weave, wobble |
| Main Entry: | bolt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run quickly away |
| Synonyms: | abscond, bail out*, bound, cop out*, cut loose*, cut out*, dart, dash, ditch*, drop out*, dump*, escape, flee, flight, fly, hotfoot*, hurtle, jump, leap, leave in the lurch, make off*, opt out, rush, scamper, scoot, skedaddle*, skip, split*, spring, sprint, start, startle, take off*, walk out on, hightail, kiss goodbye, leave flat, leave high and dry, leave holding the bag, make a break for it, make tracks, run like scared rabbit, run out on, step on it, take flight |
| Antonyms: | stay, wait |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spring up; rebound |
| Synonyms: | backlash, bob, boomerang, bound, buck, bump, carom, hop, hurdle, jounce, jump, kick back, leap, rebound, recoil, ricochet, thump, vault, fly back, glance off, jerk up and down, resile, saltate, snap back, spring back |
| Main Entry: | bound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump, bounce |
| Synonyms: | bob, caper, frisk, gambol, hop, hurdle, leap, pounce, prance, recoil, ricochet, skip, spring, vault, saltate |
| Main Entry: | breakthrough |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | advance, progress |
| Synonyms: | boost, development, discovery, find, finding, gain, hike, improvement, increase, invention, leap, progress, quantum leap*, rise, step forward |
| Antonyms: | step back, step backward |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | buck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | resist, kick off |
| Synonyms: | bound, combat, contest, dislodge, dispute, duel, fight, jerk, jump, leap, oppose, prance, repel, start, throw, traverse, trip, unseat, vault, withstand |
| Main Entry: | caper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | antic, lark |
| Synonyms: | escapade, gag*, gambol, high jinks, hop, jest, joke, jump, leap, mischief, practical joke, prank, put on*, revel, rib*, rollick, sport, stunt, tomfoolery*, trick, hot foot, monkeyshines, shenanigan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | caper |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frolic, cavort |
| Synonyms: | blow the lid off, bounce, bound, cut capers, cut loose*, dance, frisk, gambol, go on a tear, hop, horse around*, jump, kick up one's heels, leap, let loose, play, raise hell, rollick, romp, skip, spring, whoop it up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass over, often by jumping |
| Synonyms: | hurdle, leap, miss, negotiate, surmount, vault, overleap |
| Antonyms: | hit, run into |
| Main Entry: | dance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving feet and body to music |
| Synonyms: | Charleston, bob*, boogie, boogie down, bunny hop, caper, careen, cavort, conga, cut a rug, disco, flit*, foot it, foxtrot, frolic, gambol, get down*, hoof it, hop, hustle, jig, jitter*, jitterbug, jive*, jump, leap, one-step, prance, promenade, rhumba, rock, rock n' roll, samba, shimmy, skip, spin, step, strut, sway, swing, tango, tap, tread, trip, trip the light fantastic, twist, two-step, waltz, whirl |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dive |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | descent, usually underwater |
| Synonyms: | belly flop, dash, dip, duck, fall, leap, lunge, pitch, plunge, spring, swoop, ducking, header headlong jump*, nosedive, submergence, submersion |
| Antonyms: | ascent, jump |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend, usually going underwater |
| Synonyms: | belly flop, dip, disappear, drop, duck, fall, gutter, jump, leap, lunge, pitch, plumb, plummet, plunge, spring, submerge, swoop, vanish, vault, go headfirst, header, nose-dive |
| Antonyms: | ascend, jump, go up |
| Main Entry: | frisk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cavort |
| Synonyms: | bounce, caper, dance, frolic, gambol, hop, jump, lark, leap, play, prance, rollick, romp, skip, sport, trip |
| Main Entry: | gallop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bolt, race with slight jumping motion |
| Synonyms: | amble, canter, career, course, dart, dash, fly, hasten, hurdle, hurry, jump, leap, lope, pace, rack, run, rush, shoot, speed, spring, sprint, stride, trot, zoom, tear along |
| Main Entry: | gamble |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance, speculation |
| Synonyms: | action, bet, fling, leap*, long shot*, lottery, raffle, risk, shot in the dark*, stab*, uncertainty, venture, wager, outside chance, spec, throw of the dice, toss up |
| Notes: | a gamble (noun) is a risky act, venture, bet, or wager - to gamble (verb) is to take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome; a gambol (noun) a skipping or leaping about in frolic - to gambol (verb) is to dance and skip about in play or to frolic |
| Antonyms: | design, guard, insurance, plan, protection, safeguard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gambol |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tumble playfully |
| Synonyms: | bound, caper, carry on, cavort, cut, cut a caper, cut loose*, fool around*, frisk, frolic, hop, horse around*, jump, kibitz around, kick up one's heels, lark, leap, play, prance, revel, roister, rollick, romp, skip, sport, spring, whoop it up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hasten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | speed something; hurry |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, advance, bolt, bound, burn, bustle, clip*, cover ground*, dash, dispatch, expedite, express, flee, fly, gallop, get the lead out*, goad, haste, hie, hustle, leap, pace, plunge, precipitate, press, push, quicken, race, run, rush, scamper, scoot, scurry, scuttle, skip, sprint, spurt, step up*, tear, trot, urge, get cracking, make haste, make tracks, move quickly, not lose a minute, shake a leg, step on it, take wing, waste no time, whip around |
| Antonyms: | lag, linger, loiter, procrastinate, rest, tarry, go slow |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hop |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | jump on one leg |
| Synonyms: | bounce, bound, caper, dance, hurdle, leap, lop, lope, skip, spring, step, trip, vault, skitter |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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