LOPE Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of lope

as in to hop

to move with a light springing step the jogger happily loped along, just enjoying the fresh morning air

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Verb

Got a perfect match from Chris Richards, the Afro-rocking defender with the long, loping strides, who was 83 for 83 on his passes. — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026 That huge, thin-rimmed steering wheel makes low-speed maneuvers easy despite the lack of assistance, and the car has a lovely, loping ride. — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 8 June 2026

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Deep in the Singing Spruce Forest bear hunters unsnapped their rifles and began the long lope home. — Charna Flam, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025 The latter has an easy lope made menacing by a cartoon-alien zap answered by other machines that caw like birds. — Michaelangelo Matos, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lope

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Former Georgia Bulldogs superstar and NFL All-Pro running back Todd Gurley hopped aboard Air Force One with Trump on Friday as the president headed to Dalton for a campaign rally ahead of November's midterm elections.

— Jon Root OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
For starters, small robots that can hop over debris and paddle through water using the same limbs are useful in inspections and search-and-rescue operations in debris-heavy sites.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of hop

Noun

And the leaps of the people in that book generally came from connecting people more closely to their computers.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
That one possession obviously can’t account for 30 additional wins, but Brooklyn doesn’t need a historic leap to benefit from it.

— C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026

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