Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun pounce

1 sense of pounce

Sense 1
pounce -- (the act of pouncing)
       => leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce -- (a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pounce

1 sense of pounce

Sense 1
pounce, swoop -- (move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students")
       => descend, fall, go down, come down -- (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again")