skipping rope

Questions about skipping rope

What is another word for skipping rope?

It depends which skipping rope you mean. In the sense “a length of rope (usually with handles on each end) that is swung around while someone jumps over it”, the synonyms are jump rope, skip rope. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of skipping rope?

WordNet records no antonym for skipping rope. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for skipping rope come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of skipping rope

• Full entry for skipping ropeAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for skipping ropeWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.