Scrabble & Words with friends points
- jump is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 15
- jump is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 15
- jump is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 20
Definition of jump
- bypass (verb)
Synonyms
- pass over
- skip
- skip over
- descent with a parachute (noun)
Synonyms
- parachuting
- cause to jump or leap (verb)
Examples
- the trainer jumped the tiger through the hoop
Synonyms
- leap
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another (verb)
Examples
- jump to a conclusion
- jump from one thing to another
Synonyms
- leap
- rise in rank or status (verb)
Examples
- Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
Synonyms
- climb up
- rise
- run off or leave the rails (verb)
Synonyms
- derail
- a sudden involuntary movement (noun)
Synonyms
- start
- startle
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions (verb)
Synonyms
- alternate
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm (verb)
Synonyms
- start
- startle
- a sudden and decisive increase (noun)
Examples
- a jump in attendance
Synonyms
- leap
- an abrupt transition (noun)
Synonyms
- leap
- saltation
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery (verb)
Synonyms
- jump-start
- jumpstart
- move forward by leaps and bounds (verb)
Examples
- Can you jump over the fence?
Synonyms
- bound
- leap
- spring
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute (verb)
Synonyms
- chute
- parachute
- be highly noticeable (verb)
Synonyms
- jump out
- leap out
- stand out
- stick out
- the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground (noun)
Examples
- he advanced in a series of jumps
- the jumping was unexpected
Synonyms
- jumping
- jump down from an elevated point (verb)
Examples
- the parachutist didn't want to jump
- every year, hundreds of people jump off the Golden Gate bridge
Synonyms
- jump off
- leap
- enter eagerly into (verb)
Examples
- He jumped into the game
- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another (noun)
- increase suddenly and significantly (verb)
Examples
- Prices jumped overnight
- make a sudden physical attack on (verb)
Examples
- The muggers jumped the woman in the fur coat
See definition of jump in Merriam Webster