Leap
Leap verb - To propel oneself upward or forward into the air.
How words are described
| long | long leap | long scale |
| short | short leap | short scale |
| single | single leap | single scale |
| small | small leap | small scale |
| Other adjectives: massive, large, big, great, huge, new, major, minor, epic, bigger, evolutionary. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Like the Black Condor above, his upbringing somehow gave him superpowers — he could see in the dark, leap like a cat, scale any wall, and had nine lives.
Source: Raised by Wolves -
Pretty much everyone can easily scale buildings and leap across entire streets, sometimes while keeping up with speeding vehicles.
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From there it was only a short conceptual leap for science fiction writers to imagine a computer network on a global scale.
Source: The Alternet
Cite this Source
Scale and Leap. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/leap/scale
Leap & Scale. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/leap/scale>.
Scale or Leap. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/leap/scale.
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