giant leap
Enormous single bound
A giant leap is a dramatic advance or breakthrough, far beyond ordinary progress.
The phrase carries echoes of Neil Armstrong's words upon landing on the moon: "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." It suggests transformation rather than incremental change: The new treatment represents a giant leap in cancer research.
- one small stepMinimal initial progress
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- turning pointDecisive moment of change
- tipping pointThreshold triggering major change
- paradigm shiftWholesale replacement of frameworks
big jump · sea change · breakthrough · moonshot · moon landing · milestone · bound · transformation · achievement · landing · revolution · innovation · triumph · game-changer · progress · Apollo 11 · soar · discovery
- progressprogress, in progress, promotion, raise, making progress
- Moon thingsfull moon, new moon, moonlight, craters, lunar eclipse
giant leapbaby step
Minimal incremental progress
inch forward · stagnation · token gesture · standstill · half-measure
giant leapsafe bet
Likely winning wager
playing it safe · measured response · treading water · stagnation · inertia
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