| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leap, spring |
| Synonyms: | bail out, barge, bob, bounce, bound, buck, canter, caper, clear, curvet, dive, drop, fall, gambol, hop, hurdle, hurtle, jerk, jiggle, jounce, lollop, lop, lunge, lurch, parachute, plummet, pop, quiver, rattle, ricochet, saltate, shake, skip, sky, somersault, surge, take, top, trip, vault, waver, wobble |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | omit, avoid |
| Synonyms: | abandon, cancel, clear out, cover, cross out, digress, evade, leave, miss, nullify, overshoot, pass over, skip, switch |
| Antonyms: | address, face |
| Main Entry: | jump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase |
| Synonyms: | advance, ascend, boost, escalate, gain, hike, jack up, mount, put up, raise, rise, surge, up |
| Antonyms: | decline, decrease |
| Main Entry: | abscond |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | run away, depart secretly |
| Synonyms: | beat it, bolt*, break, clear out, cut and run, decamp, disappear, dog it, duck out, escape, fade*, flee, fly the coop, get, go AWOL, go south, hightail, jump*, leave, make a break, make off, make scarce, pull out, quit, run off, scram, skedaddle, skip out, slip, sneak away, split*, steal away, take off, vamoose, vanish |
| Antonyms: | abide, continue, endure, give up, remain, stay, stop, yield |
| Main Entry: | aggrandize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause something to seem or be greater, bigger |
| Synonyms: | acclaim, applaud, augment, beef up, boost, commend, dignify, distinguish, enlarge, ennoble, expand, extend, glorify, heighten, hike, hike up, honor, hype, increase, intensify, jack up, jump, magnify, multiply, parlay, praise |
| Antonyms: | belittle, debase, degrade, depress, disgrace, humble, lower |
| Main Entry: | ambush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie in wait; attack |
| Synonyms: | ambuscade, assail, assault, box in, bushwhack, decoy, dry gulch, ensnare, entrap, hem in, hide, hook*, jap, jump, lay for, lurk, net, set trap, surprise, surround, trap, wait, waylay |
| Main Entry: | argue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | verbally fight |
| Synonyms: | altercate, bandy, battle, bicker, break with, buck, bump heads, contend, cross, cross swords, disagree, dispute, face down, face off, feud, gang up on, get in one's face, go one on one, hammer, hammer away, hash, hash over, hassle, have at each other, have at it, jump, jump on, knock around, lock horns, mix it up, pettifog, pick an argument, put up a fight, put up a struggle, quarrel, quibble, rehash, row, sass, set to, sock it to, squabble, stick it to, talk back, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agree, harmonize, ignore, overlook |
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get, stand, or go up |
| Synonyms: | ascend, climb, jump, mount, move upward, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, soar, stand, tower, turn out, wake up |
| Antonyms: | lay, lie, sit |
| Main Entry: | assault |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attack |
| Synonyms: | abuse, advance, assail, bash, beset, blast, blitz, bushwhack, charge, come down on, go for, haul off on, invade, jump, jump down one's throat, jump on one's case, lay into, let have it, light into, rape, ruin, set upon, shoot down, slam, slap around, storm, strike, trash, violate, work over, zap |
| Notes: | to assail a task is to approach it with the intent of mastering it, from Latin salire 'to leap'; assault is also based on this word and assail and assault can be synonyms assault is an attempt or threat to do physical harm while battery is unjustified application of force; assault and battery is carrying out of threatened physical harm or violence |