SPRUNG Synonyms: 123 Similar and Opposite Words

sprung

verb

Definition of sprung next

past participle of spring

as in originated

to come into existence when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally

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as in leaped

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse

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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

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Recent Examples of sprung The again had another great chance three minutes into the second when Casey Mittelstadt sprung the B’s for an odd-man rush. —

Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026 As spring has sprung, tickets are now on sale for Gather & Graze, a one-of-a-kind culinary experience that will bring together some of Orlando’s most talented chefs for a unique, new fundraiser benefiting The Kitchen House. —

Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026 Spring has sprung, the tulips are peaking, and the Easter Bunny has been busy hiding eggs all over Greater Cincinnati for the kids to find. —

Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2026 Spring has…well, maybe not quite fully sprung. —

Grace McCarty, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2026 Spring has sprung, which means the 2025-26 TV season is in the homestretch. —

Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 1 Apr. 2026 The community sprung to action by removing Chávez statues from a pedestal in San Fernando, painting over murals in his memory across Los Angeles and unanimously voting to strip his name from street signs in Fresno. —

Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026 In its eagerness to bring other downtown projects to life, Miami has sprung a three-prong trap on itself that has ensnared the financial vitality of Bayfront Park. —

Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026 Now that spring has sprung, there is opportunity to explore the great outdoors. —

Ed Silverman, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026

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Verb

The fourth dimension, which originated in the eighteenth century and was mathematically theorized in the nineteenth, both described diagrammable space and functioned as an expression of time.

— Katherine Rochester, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026
In practice, though, the list is largely made up of people who bump into each other at the Century Association or the Center for Architecture; even firms that originated abroad, like Snøhetta (Norway) and BIG (Denmark), have essentially become local.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026