Leap
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English
Initialism
LEAP
Verb
Leap (third-person singular simple present leaps, present participle leaping, simple past leaped, leapt, or archaically lept or lope, past participle leaped, leapt, or archaically lopen)
- (intransitive) To jump from one location to another.
Noun
Leap (plural Leaps)- The act of leaping or jumping.
- The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
- (figuratively) A significant move forward.
Adjectives for Leap
dancing; folded; garrulous; delicate; weary; laurel; latest; rueful; voluminous; withered; minutest; rustling; medicinal; sleeping; braided; tender; plaited; glossy; primordial; peopled; drifted; vibrant; blushing; nattering; drooping; notched; stirring; succulent; heedless.
Adjectives for Leap
imperious; breezy; astonishing; demoniacal; sudden; flying; rash; concealed; vigorous; mortal; quick; tremendous; horrid; bold; gathered.
Verbs for Leap
admire—; attempt—; calculate—; complete—; dare—; endeavor—; observe—; perfect—; practice—; rebound from—; record—, venture—; —amazes; —awes; —impresses
Adverbs for Leap
simultaneously; blithely; nimbly; spryly; boisterously; perilously; demoniacally; boldly; vigorously; swiftly; agilely.
Synonyms
- (jump from one location to another): bound, hop, jump, spring
- (jump upwards): bound, hop, jump, spring
Thesaurus
accept, access, accession, accretion, accrual, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amount, amplification, anabasis, appreciation, ascension, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, bloating, boom, boost, bounce, bound, breakthrough, broadening, buck, buckjump, buildup, bundle, bustle, caesura, caliber, canter, caper, capriole, cavort, chase, clamber, clear, clearance, climb, climbing, coinage, compass, crescendo, crowd, curvet, cut, dance, dash, dash off, dash on, degree, development, discontinuity, discovery, distance between, double space, double-time, edema, elevation, em space, en space, enlargement, escalade, escalation, exordium, expansion, extension, extent, festinate, flood, foreword, fountain, fox-trot, freeboard, frisk, frolic, front matter, frontispiece, gain, gallop, gambol, get, get going, get moving, git, grade, greatening, growth, gush, gyring up, hair space, half space, hasten, height, hiatus, hightail, hike, hippety-hop, hop, hop along, hotfoot, hurdle, hurry, hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hustle, increase, increment, inflation, innovation, interim, intermediate space, interruption, interspace, interstice, interval, introduction, invention, jet, jump, jump at, jump over, lacuna, leap over, leapfrog, leeway, level, levitation, lope, lose no time, make haste, make tracks, margin, mark, measure, mount, mounting, move quickly, multiplication, negotiate, neologism, new phase, notch, novelty, nuance, overture, pas, peg, period, pitch, plane, plateau, plunge, point, post, postulate, pounce, pounce on, pounce upon, prance, preamble, preface, prefix, prefixture, preliminary, prelude, premise, press on, presupposition, productiveness, proliferation, prologue, proportion, protasis, push on, quickly, race, raise, range, rapidly, ratio, reach, remove, rise, rising, rocketing up, romp, room, round, run, rung, rush, rush through, saltation, scale, scamper, scope, scramble, scurry, scuttle, shade, shadow, shooting up, single space, ski jump, skip, skip over, snowballing, soaring, space, space between, speedily, spout, spread, spring, sprint, spurt, stair, standard, start, start aside, start up, steeplechase, step, step along, step lively, stint, surge, swelling, swiftly, take, takeoff, taking off, tear, time interval, tread, trip, trot, tumescence, up, upclimb, upcoming, updive, updraft, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap, uplift, upping, uprising, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, vault, verse, voluntary, waxing, widening, zooming
