Words Like SPRINGBOARD

We have put together a list of words that are similar to SPRINGBOARD.

4 Alternative Words Similar to springboard

1 Beginning Noun      Synonym Words Like Beginning
2 Board Noun      Synonym Words Like Board
3 Commencement Noun      Synonym Words Like Commencement
4 Start Noun      Synonym Words Like Start

2 examples of springboard

1 the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out
2 reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions

10 definitions of springboard

1 An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising.
2 a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
3 a flexible board for jumping upward
4 Sports A flexible board mounted on a fulcrum with one end secured, used by gymnasts to gain momentum, as in vaulting.
5 Sports See diving board.
6 Something that helps to launch a career or activity.
7 An elastic board used in vaulting, etc.
8 In lumbering, a short, board, shod atone end with an iron calk, which is inserted in a notch cut in a tree, on which the faller stands while felling the tree.
9 A diving board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform, used for diving into water.
10 A small platform on springs and usually hinged at one end, used to launch or vault onto other equipment.
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