jumped

VERB

leap, spring

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bounce bound dive drop fall hop plummet skip surge take top vault

STRONG

barge bob buck canter caper clear curvet gambol hurdle hurtle jerk jiggle jounce lollop lop lunge lurch parachute pop quiver rattle ricochet saltate shake sky somersault trip waver wobble

WEAK

bail out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

add allow ascend go up lose permit rise

STRONG

placate retreat soothe

WEAK

address decline decrease face

VERB

recoil

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bolt bounce rebound start

STRONG

bob carom flinch jerk jounce ricochet spring startle wince

Antonyms

WEAK

address decline decrease face

VERB

omit, avoid

Synonyms

STRONGEST

leave skip

STRONG

abandon cancel cover digress evade miss nullify overshoot switch

WEAK

clear out cross out pass over

Antonyms

STRONG

uphold

WEAK

address decline decrease face

VERB

increase

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advance boost gain raise rise surge

STRONG

ascend escalate hike mount up

WEAK

jack up put up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decrease drop halt lessen lower recede stop

STRONG

decline

WEAK

address face

Example Sentences

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First-quarter profits for S&P 500 companies jumped 28%, while chip makers and quantum computing firms saw significant gains this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Shares jumped 15% to $38.95 in afternoon trading on Friday.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

For the quarter to May 2, comparable sales — or sales in stores open at least 13 months — jumped 6.3% from a year ago.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Intuit announced the layoffs on the same day it reported its third-quarter results, in which revenue jumped 10% from a year earlier, to $8.56 billion.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

There were seven of them and not one looked down the trail to see me as they jumped across the sled tracks after the deer.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen