Synonyms of leap

leap 1 of 2

noun

as in jump

an act of leaping into the air

the horse cleared the hurdle with a tremendous leap

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jump
• hop
• bounce
• vault
• spring
• pounce
• bound
• skip
• plunge
• attack
• lope
• caper
• gambol
• dive
• pitch
• capriole
• gambado

leap

2 of 2

verb

ˈlēp 

as in to jump

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air

the outfielder leaped into the air to catch the ball before it went over the fence

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jump
• hop
• bound
• spring
• bounce
• pounce
• vault
• skip
• hurdle
• attack
• leapfrog
• lope
• buck
• cavort
• frolic
• romp
• gambol
• caper
• skyrocket
• shoot
• capriole

Examples of leap in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Meager Harvest If the leap in finance costs was happening in isolation, winemakers might have less cause for fear. —Vivek Wadhwa, Fortune Europe, 19 Oct. 2024

Netflix helped drive the market with a leap of 11.1% after the streaming giant reported stronger profit for the latest quarter than analysts expected. —Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024

Verb

In interviews and speeches that have grown progressively longer during his third White House campaign, Trump often leaps back and forth from one topic to the next, appears increasingly unhinged, and mixes up and mispronounces words. —Sara Dorn, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024

When news of the petition began to spread, the number of signatures quickly leaped to more than 25,000, as people outside the student body of the Russian State University for the Humanities and those who had no connection with the university joined in. —Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 15 Oct. 2024

Phrases Containing leap

• quantum leap