Synonyms for saltatory
- adjective
Most common
jerky jumpy discontinuous jumping hopping
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Jerky — proceeding by leaps rather than by smooth, continuous variation
Other
jumping, hopping
Definitions
- adj. 1
Proceeding by leaps rather than by smooth, continuous variation.
Near-synonyms: discontinuous, jerky, jumpy
Related words
- Word family
- salient
- Other spellings
- saltatoric
Example sentences
- jerky Sometimes, the ewe makes jerky sudden movements.
- jumpy Tom and Mary seemed a little jumpy, didn't they?
- jumping We hear the plop of a frog jumping into the canal.
- hopping Tom's shortcut to school involved hopping a fence.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| saltatory | steady | |
| jerky | rising | |
| jumpy | rising | |
| discontinuous | falling | |
| jumping | rising | |
| hopping | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- jerky2, jumpy2
- 7 letters
- jumping2, hopping2
- 13 letters
- discontinuous
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jerky2 = 2 syllables).