'Springboard' definitions:
Definition of 'springboard'
From: WordNet
noun
A flexible board for jumping upward
noun
A beginning from which an enterprise is launched; "he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own"; "reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions"; "the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out" [syn: springboard, jumping-off point, point of departure]
Definition of 'Springboard'
From: GCIDE
- Springboard \Spring"board`\ (-b[=o]rd`), n. An elastic board, secured at the ends, or at one end, often by elastic supports, used in performing feats of agility or in exercising. [1913 Webster] Springbok
Synonyms of 'springboard'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baleen,
- battledore,
- chewing gum,
- elastic,
- elastomer,
- gum,
- gum elastic,
- handball,
- jumping jack,
- Lastex,
- racket,
- rubber,
- rubber ball,
- rubber band,
- spandex,
- spring,
- stretch fabric,
- trampoline,
- whalebone