Synonyms of jumps ship

jumps ship

phrase

present tense third-person singular of jump ship

as in defects (from)

to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another

He jumped ship when he found out the non-profit's founder was keeping much of the funding for himself.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defects (from)
• rats (on)
• deserts
• walks out on
• leaves
• goes back on
• cuts off
• abandons
• quits
• rejects
• renounces
• abdicates
• spurns
• forsakes
• repudiates
• disowns
• abjures
• reneges
• withdraws
• departs
• apostatizes
• goes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sticks (to or with)
• adheres (to)
• clings (to)
• fosters
• cherishes
• cultivates