| Main Entry: | vault |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump over; span |
Synonyms: |
arch, ascend, bend, bounce, bound, bow, clear, curve, hop, hurdle, leap, mount, negotiate, over, overleap, rise, soar, spring, surmount |
| Main Entry: | vaulting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overreaching |
Synonyms: |
eager, enthusiastic, excessive, high-flown, opportunistic, overweening, pretentious |
| Main Entry: | ambitious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desiring success |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, anxious, ardent, aspiring, avid, ball of fire, bent upon, climbing, come on, come on strong, designing, desirous, determined, driving, eager, eager beaver, earnest, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, fireball, get up and go, go-getter, goal-oriented, hard ball, high-reaching, hopeful, hungry, industrious, inspired, intent, longing, power-loving, purposeful, pushing, pushy*, resourceful, self-starting, sharp, soaring, striving, thirsty, vaulting, zealous |
Antonyms: |
content, fulfilled, satisfied, unassuming |
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spring up; rebound |
Synonyms: |
backlash, bob, boomerang, bound, buck, bump, carom, fly back, glance off, hop, hurdle, jerk up and down, jounce, jump, kick back, leap, rebound, recoil, resile, ricochet, saltate, snap back, spring back, thump, vault |
| Main Entry: | bound |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | jump, bounce |
Synonyms: |
bob, caper, frisk, gambol, hop, hurdle, leap, pounce, prance, recoil, ricochet, saltate, skip, spring, vault |
| 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: | clear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass over, often by jumping |
Synonyms: |
hurdle, leap, miss, negotiate, overleap, surmount, vault |
Antonyms: |
hit, run into |
| Main Entry: | dive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend, usually going underwater |
Synonyms: |
belly flop, dip, disappear, drop, duck, fall, go headfirst, gutter, header, jump, leap, lunge, nose-dive, pitch, plumb, plummet, plunge, spring, submerge, swoop, vanish, vault |
Antonyms: |
ascend, go up, jump |
| Main Entry: | gymnastics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acrobatic exercise |
Synonyms: |
aerobatics, balance beam, bars, body-building, calisthenics, floor exercise, free exercise, gym, horse, rings, trampoline, trapeze, tumbling, vaulting, workout |
| Main Entry: | hop |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | jump on one leg |
Synonyms: |
bounce, bound, caper, dance, hurdle, leap, lop, lope, skip, skitter, spring, step, trip, vault |