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The synonyms of “Leap” are: jump, bound, spring, jump off, jump over, vault over, vault, spring over, bound over, hurdle, skip, skip over, cross over, sail over, hop, hop over, leapfrog, clear, negotiate, jump up, dart, rush, hurry, hasten, hurtle, arrive at hastily, reach hurriedly, come to overhastily, form hastily, reach, accept eagerly, grasp, grasp with both hands, grab, take advantage of, seize, seize on, snatch, jump at, pounce on, increase rapidly, soar, rocket, skyrocket, shoot up, escalate, mount, surge, spiral, grow rapidly, rise rapidly, be noticeable, be noticed, be visible, be seen, be obvious, be conspicuous, stick out, be striking, be distinctive, be prominent, attract attention, catch the eye, leap out, show up, bounce, leaping, saltation, rapid increase, escalation, soaring, upsurge, upswing, upturn, change, move, passage, transformation, conversion, adaptation, adjustment, alteration, changeover, metamorphosis
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “leap” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| adaptation | The process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment. The play is an adaptation of a short novel. |
| adjustment | The act of adjusting something to match a standard. Only slight adjustments to the boat are necessary. |
| alteration | An event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another. Alterations had to be made. |
| bounce | Rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts. Use conditioner to help hair regain its bounce. |
| bound | A leaping movement towards or over something. I went up the steps in two effortless bounds. |
| change | Money given in exchange for the same sum in larger units. He had a pocketful of change. |
| changeover | A change from one system or situation to another. The changeover from handicraft to mechanized manufacture. |
| conversion | A defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis. You ll see better conversion rates for your local advertising if you include your physical address on your website. |
| escalation | A rapid increase; a rise. Higher wages caused an escalation of prices. |
| hop | A hopping movement. Place the rabbit on the floor to have a hop around. |
| jump | An obstacle to be jumped especially by a horse and rider in an equestrian competition. A 51 per cent jump in annual profits. |
| leaping | A sudden and decisive increase. |
| metamorphosis | A striking change in appearance or character or circumstances. The persistence of the larval tail during metamorphosis. |
| move | The act of deciding to do something. I am a pawn and bishop down after 12 moves. |
| passage | A narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building a passageway. The larger bedroom was at the end of the passage. |
| rapid increase | A part of a river where the current is very fast. |
| saltation | Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music. New genetic characters appear suddenly by saltation. |
| skip | A light bouncing step a skipping movement. He moved with a strange dancing skip. |
| soaring | The activity of flying a glider. |
| spring | The ability to spring back strongly elasticity. In spring the garden is a feast of blossom. |
| surge | A major deployment of military forces to reinforce those already in a particular area. The firm predicted a 20 surge in sales. |
| transformation | A rule describing the conversion of one syntactic structure into another related syntactic structure. British society underwent a radical transformation. |
| upsurge | An upward surge in the strength or quantity of something; an increase. An upsurge in violent crime. |
| upswing | An increase in strength or quantity; an upward trend. An upswing in economic activity. |
| upturn | An improvement or upward trend, especially in economic conditions or someone’s fortunes. An upturn in the economy. |
| vault | A large room or chamber used for storage, especially an underground one. A family vault. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “leap” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| accept eagerly | Tolerate or accommodate oneself to. |
| arrive at hastily | Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress. |
| attract attention | Exert a force on (a body) causing it to approach or prevent it from moving away. |
| be conspicuous | Happen, occur, take place. |
| be distinctive | Represent, as of a character on stage. |
| be noticeable | Spend or use time. |
| be noticed | Be priced at. |
| be obvious | Be identical or equivalent to. |
| be prominent | Be identical or equivalent to. |
| be seen | Have life, be alive. |
| be striking | Happen, occur, take place. |
| be visible | Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function. |
| bound | Of an object rebound from a surface. Louis came bounding down the stairs. |
| bound over | Move forward by leaps and bounds. |
| catch the eye | Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot. |
| clear | Clear from impurities blemishes pollution etc. Clear a memory buffer. |
| come to overhastily | Come to pass; arrive, as in due course. |
| cross over | Meet and pass. |
| dart | Move along rapidly and lightly skim or dart. She darted a glance across the table. |
| escalate | Increase rapidly. We do not want to escalate the war. |
| form hastily | Establish or impress firmly in the mind. |
| grab | Get hold of or seize quickly and easily. How does that grab you. |
| grasp | Get the meaning of something. Edward grasped her by the wrist. |
| grasp with both hands | Hold firmly. |
| grow rapidly | Develop and reach maturity; undergo maturation. |
| hasten | Be quick to do something. We hastened back to Paris. |
| hop | Make a quick change of position or activity. He hopped rides all over the country. |
| hop over | Traverse as if by a short airplane trip. |
| hurdle | Enclose or fence off with hurdles. A maze of individual hurdled pens. |
| hurry | Move very fast. We d better hurry. |
| hurtle | Move with or as if with a rushing sound. The cars hurtled by. |
| increase rapidly | Make bigger or more. |
| jump | Jump down from an elevated point. Juliet jumped to her feet. |
| jump at | Rise in rank or status. |
| jump off | Cause to jump or leap. |
| jump over | Jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute. |
| jump up | Make a sudden physical attack on. |
| leap out | Cause to jump or leap. |
| leapfrog | Pass over (a stage or obstacle. Attempts to leapfrog the barriers of class. |
| mount | Climb or move up on to (a raised surface. He mounted the horse. |
| negotiate | Convert (a cheque) into cash or notes. He negotiated a new contract with the sellers. |
| pounce on | Move down on as if in an attack. |
| reach | Reach a goal. He reached over and turned off his bedside light. |
| reach hurriedly | Place into the hands or custody of. |
| rise rapidly | Become more extreme. |
| rocket | Shoot up abruptly like a rocket. She showed the kind of form that rocketed her to the semi finals last year. |
| rush | Cause to move fast or to rush or race. I rushed outside and hailed a taxi. |
| sail over | Travel on water propelled by wind or by other means. |
| seize | Seize and take control without authority and possibly with force take as one s right or possession. The movie seized my imagination. |
| seize on | Take temporary possession of as a security, by legal authority. |
| shoot up | Measure the altitude of by using a sextant. |
| show up | Show in, or as in, a picture. |
| skip | Cause to skip over a surface. I wanted to skip my English lesson to visit my mother. |
| skip over | Cause to skip over a surface. |
| skyrocket | (of a price, rate, or amount) increase very steeply or rapidly. Prices skyrocketed. |
| soar | Rise rapidly. The cost of living continued to soar. |
| spiral | Move in a spiral or zigzag course. Inflation continued to spiral. |
| spring | Move rapidly or suddenly from a constrained position by or as if by the action of a spring. Madness and creativity could spring from the same source. |
| spring over | Spring back; spring away from an impact. |
| stick out | Fasten with an adhesive material like glue. |
| surge | (of an emotion or feeling) affect someone powerfully and suddenly. Shares surged to a record high. |
| take advantage of | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs. |
| vault | Jump across or leap over (an obstacle. |
| vault over | Jump across or leap over (an obstacle. |
| ambush | Hunt quarry by stalking and ambushing. Tory representatives were ambushed by camera crews. |
| azalea | A deciduous flowering shrub with clusters of brightly coloured, sometimes fragrant flowers. Azaleas are typically smaller than other rhododendrons and there are numerous cultivars. |
| backlash | Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect. The political movie backlashed on the Democrats. |
| ball | Baseball. The ball at the base of the thumb. |
| bloom | A flower, especially one cultivated for its beauty. The cherry tree bloomed. |
| bounce | Hit something so that it bounces. I tried to email him but the message bounced. |
| bumpy | Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements. A bumpy country road. |
| bungee | A long nylon cased rubber band used for securing luggage and in bungee jumping. He bungeed 111 metres from the bridge over the Victoria Falls. |
| efflorescent | Bursting into flower. |
| egg | A thing resembling a bird s egg in shape. Chocolate eggs. |
| far | Situated at a great distance in space or time. That s why we have come so far and done as well as we have. |
| forth | From a particular thing or place or position forth is obsolete. Go forth and preach. |
| further | To or at a greater distance in time or space farther is used more frequently than further in this physical sense. As for her being a liar nothing could be further from the truth. |
| hop | A hopping movement. He hopped along beside her. |
| hurdle | A hurdle race. A hurdle race. |
| jolt | A sudden jarring impact. A surge in the crowd behind him jolted him forwards. |
| jump | The act of jumping propelling yourself off the ground. The trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop. |
| midwinter | The middle of winter. In midwinter the track became a muddy morass. |
| outside | Leading to or from the outside. Was he as straight as he appeared on the outside. |
| pounce | Move down on as if in an attack. The gang pounced on him and knocked him to the ground. |
| puissance | A competitive test of a horse’s ability to jump large obstacles in showjumping. The puissance of the labor vote. |
| rebound | The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot. The Share Index rebounded to show a twenty point gain. |
| recoil | The action of recoiling. The rifle recoiled. |
| resurface | Appear again. The missing man suddenly resurfaced in New York. |
| skip | Cause to skip over a surface. He moved with a strange dancing skip. |
| spring | The ability to spring back strongly elasticity. With a sudden spring he leapt on to the table. |
| summer | Pasture cattle for the summer. We summered in Kashmir. |
| techno | A style of fast heavy electronic dance music usually without vocals. |
| vernal | Of or characteristic of or occurring in spring. The vernal equinox. |
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