Added 10 October 2026 springboard noun Categories: ThingsActionsRare Words In Latin: petaurum Wiktionary noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about springboard at Wordnik → Where our words come from → A flexible board for jumping upward. A beginning from which an enterprise is launched. he uses other people's ideas as a springboard for his own Origin From spring + board. From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) Related Words: diverdivingdivewheelchairladderleverrampstepping-stonebridgetake-offgatewayjump Back to today's word