bound - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

Synonyms

• bounce
• bound
• leap
• leaping
• saltation
• spring

More generic

• jump
• jumping

More specific

• caper
• capriole
• pounce

Noun

the greatest possible degree of something

Synonyms

• bound
• boundary
• limit

More generic

• extent

More specific

• absoluteness
• brink
• heat barrier
• knife-edge
• level best
• maximum
• starkness
• thermal barrier
• utmost
• uttermost
• utterness
• verge

Noun

the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

Synonyms

• bound
• boundary
• bounds

More generic

• extremity

More specific

• border
• borderline
• boundary line
• bourn
• bourne
• city line
• county line
• delimitation
• demarcation
• demarcation line
• district line
• edge
• end
• frontier
• hairline
• heliopause
• limit
• lineation
• mete
• outline
• shoreline
• surface

Noun

a line determining the limits of an area

Synonyms

• bound
• boundary
• edge

More generic

• line

More specific

• border
• brink
• fringe
• lower bound
• margin
• outer boundary
• perimeter
• periphery
• rim
• thalweg
• threshold
• upper bound
• verge

Verb

place limits on (extent or amount or access)

Synonyms

• bound
• confine
• limit
• restrict
• throttle
• trammel

More specific

• clamp down
• constrain
• crack down
• cramp
• cumber
• delimit
• delimitate
• demarcate
• draw a line
• draw the line
• encumber
• gate
• halter
• hamper
• mark off
• mark out
• reduce
• restrain
• scant
• skimp
• stiffen
• strangle
• tie
• tighten
• tighten up

Verb

spring back; spring away from an impact

Synonyms

• bounce
• bound
• rebound
• recoil
• resile
• reverberate
• ricochet
• spring
• take a hop

More generic

• bound
• jump
• leap
• spring

More specific

• bound off
• carom
• kick
• kick back
• recoil
• skip

Verb

move forward by leaps and bounds

Synonyms

• bound
• jump
• leap
• spring

More generic

• move

More specific

• bounce
• bound
• burst
• caper
• capriole
• curvet
• galumph
• hop
• hop-skip
• leapfrog
• overleap
• pronk
• rebound
• recoil
• resile
• reverberate
• ricochet
• saltate
• ski jump
• skip
• spring
• take a hop
• vault

Verb

form the boundary of; be contiguous to

Synonyms

• border
• bound

More generic

• confine
• enclose
• hold in

More specific

• shore
• skirt
• verge

Adjective

confined by bonds

Synonyms

• bound

Related

• chained
• enchained
• fettered
• furled
• pinioned
• rolled
• shackled
• tethered
• tied
• trussed
• wired

Opposite / Antonyms

• unbound

Also See

• unfree

Adjective

secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form

Synonyms

• bound

Related

• brassbound
• cased
• half-bound
• paperback
• paperbacked
• well-bound

Opposite / Antonyms

• unbound

Adjective

(usually followed by `to') governed by fate

Synonyms

• bound
• destined

Related

• certain
• sure

Adjective

confined in the bowels

Synonyms

• bound

Related

• constipated

Adjective

held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union

Synonyms

• bound

Related

• conjugate
• conjugated

Opposite / Antonyms

• free

Adjective

bound by contract

Synonyms

• apprenticed
• articled
• bound
• indentured

Related

• unfree

Adjective

headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'

Synonyms

• bound
• destined

Related

• orientated
• oriented

Adjective

covered or wrapped with a bandage

Synonyms

• bandaged
• bound

Related

• treated

Adjective

bound by an oath

Synonyms

• bound

Related

• sworn

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