Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Leap

Nouns
  • leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation. ance, caper
  • curvet, caracole
  • gambade, gambado
  • capriole, demivolt
  • buck, buck jump
  • hop skip and jump
  • falcade. kangaroo, jerboa
  • chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea
  • buckjumper
  • wallaby.
Verbs
  • leap
  • jump up, jump over the moon
  • hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper
  • buck, buck jump
  • curvet, caracole
  • foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start
  • frisk etc. (amusement) Amusement
  • jump about etc. (agitation) [Irregular motion] Agitation
  • trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes.
Adjectives
  • leaping etc. v.
  • saltatory, frisky.
Adverbs
  • on the light fantastic toe.