leapfrog
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors
the company still believes the chip is a leapfrog in integration and will pay huge dividends
Types & categories
- forward motion hypernym
Sense 2 verb
jump across
He leapfrogged his classmates
Types & categories
- jump hypernym
Related & opposite
- leapfrog derivation
Sense 3 noun
a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over
Types & categories
- child's game hypernym
Related & opposite
- leapfrog derivation
Sense 4 verb
progress by large jumps instead of small increments
Types & categories
- progress hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | forward motion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | leapfrog |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | jump |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | leapfrog |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | child's game |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | progress |