Synonyms of springs

springs 1 of 2

noun

plural of spring

1

as in leaps

an act of leaping into the air

the deer gave a sudden spring and disappeared into the woods

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaps
• jumps
• hops
• bounces
• vaults
• bounds
• skips
• pounces
• lopes
• gambols
• capers
• gambados
• attacks
• plunges
• caprioles
• gambadoes
• dives
• pitches

2

as in sources

a point or place at which something is invented or provided

the springs of this time-honored tradition run too deep to allow for easy explanation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sources
• cradles
• fountains
• origins
• wells
• wellsprings
• roots
• fonts
• fountainheads
• beginnings
• seedbeds
• starts
• commencements
• geneses
• inceptions
• outsets
• incipiencies
• dawns
• launches
• thresholds
• day ones
• onsets
• mornings
• incipiences
• nascencies
• ground zeros
• first bases
• baselines
• nascences
• kickoffs
• square ones
• git-goes
• get-goes

springs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of spring

1

as in originates

to come into existence

when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally

Synonyms & Similar Words

• originates
• starts
• arises
• begins
• commences
• is
• appears
• forms
• emerges
• exists
• arrives
• engenders
• breaks
• dawns
• lives
• sets in
• materializes
• actualizes
• lasts
• breathes
• subsists
• continues
• survives
• persists
• comes on
• endures
• shapes (up)
• coalesces
• coheres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• ends
• stops
• ceases
• finishes
• concludes
• terminates
• halts
• disappears
• dissolves
• dies
• quits
• vanishes
• evaporates
• expires
• departs
• discontinues
• desists
• perishes
• passes away

2

as in jumps

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air

the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jumps
• leaps
• hops
• vaults
• bounds
• bounces
• pounces
• skips
• lopes
• hurdles
• cavorts
• attacks
• gambols
• bucks
• romps
• capers
• leapfrogs
• frolics
• caprioles
• shoots
• skyrockets

3

as in frees

to set free (as from slavery or confinement)

had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frees
• releases
• rescues
• liberates
• loosens
• saves
• unfetters
• unbinds
• manumits
• looses
• unchains
• discharges
• turns loose
• uncages
• enlarges
• enfranchises
• emancipates
• disenthrals
• disenthralls
• disengages
• bails (out)
• extricates
• paroles
• ransoms
• redeems
• disencumbers
• disentangles
• delivers
• disembarrasses
• unshackles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• binds
• confines
• restrains
• enchains
• fetters
• shackles
• handcuffs
• locks (up)
• imprisons
• commits
• jails
• trammels
• incarcerates
• interns
• subdues
• enslaves
• conquers
• subjugates
• manacles
• immures