sprung
past tense and past participle of spring
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sprung
past tense and past participle of spring
sprung
verb
1
as in originated
to come into existence when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- originated
- arisen
- started
- begun
- been
- commenced
- appeared
- formed
- arrived
- engendered
- materialized
- existed
- emerged
- dawned
- set in
- lived
- broken
- actualized
- breathed
- coalesced
- subsisted
- lasted
- survived
- continued
- cohered
- persisted
- come on
- endured
- shaped (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- stopped
- ended
- ceased
- halted
- concluded
- disappeared
- finished
- terminated
- died
- dissolved
- vanished
- evaporated
- discontinued
- quitted
- quit
- perished
- expired
- desisted
- departed
- passed away
2
as in leaped
to propel oneself upward or forward into the air the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse Synonyms & Similar Words
- leaped
- jumped
- leapt
- hopped
- bounded
- vaulted
- pounced
- bounced
- attacked
- skipped
- leapfrogged
- loped
- bucked
- cavorted
- hurdled
- capered
- romped
- gamboled
- skyrocketed
- frolicked
- gambolled
- caprioled
- shot
3
as in released
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them Synonyms & Similar Words
- released
- rescued
- liberated
- freed
- loosened
- discharged
- loosed
- turned loose
- paroled
- disenthralled
- delivered
- enlarged
- unfettered
- unchained
- saved
- enfranchised
- emancipated
- uncaged
- ransomed
- extricated
- unbound
- disenthraled
- manumitted
- disentangled
- disengaged
- disencumbered
- redeemed
- unshackled
- disembarrassed
- bailed (out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- bound
- confined
- restrained
- fettered
- shackled
- handcuffed
- committed
- trammelled
- imprisoned
- incarcerated
- locked (up)
- jailed
- enchained
- interned
- trammeled
- conquered
- manacled
- subdued
- subjugated
- immured
- enslaved