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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bounceverb

    A talent for leaping.

    Them pro-ballers got bounce!

    Synonyms:
    mad ups, ups

  2. bouncenoun

    Synonyms:
    bob, bobbing, bouncing

  3. bounceverb

    To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.

    The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.

    Synonyms:
    rebound, bounce back

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. bounce, bouncinessnoun

    the quality of a substance that is able to rebound

    Synonyms:
    leaping, saltation, bounciness, spring, bound, bouncing, leap

    Antonyms:
    clear

  2. leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bouncenoun

    a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

    Synonyms:
    dancing, bounciness, dance, fountain, bounds, edge, terpsichore, give, bound, springiness, springtime, spring, leap, saltation, natural spring, boundary, leaping, bouncing, outpouring, limit, outflow, jump

    Antonyms:
    clear

  3. bounce, bouncingverb

    rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)

    Synonyms:
    leaping, saltation, bounciness, spring, bound, bouncing, leap

    Antonyms:
    clear

  4. bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochetverb

    spring back; spring away from an impact

    "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

    Synonyms:
    spring, forswear, rally, throttle, echo, quail, restrict, funk, ring, abjure, trammel, retract, take form, backfire, flinch, form, wince, ricochet, shrink, recoil, border, resound, cringe, rebound, reflect, backlash, confine, leap, restrain, squinch, reverberate, jump, take a hop, kick back, resile, bound, limit, kick, take shape, jounce, recant

    Antonyms:
    clear

  5. bounceverb

    hit something so that it bounces

    "bounce a ball"

    Synonyms:
    recoil, bound, resile, take a hop, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, jounce

    Antonyms:
    clear

  6. bounce, jounceverb

    move up and down repeatedly

    Synonyms:
    recoil, bound, resile, take a hop, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, jounce

    Antonyms:
    clear

  7. bounceverb

    come back after being refused

    "the check bounced"

    Synonyms:
    recoil, bound, resile, take a hop, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, jounce

    Antonyms:
    clear

  8. bounceverb

    leap suddenly

    "He bounced to his feet"

    Synonyms:
    recoil, bound, resile, take a hop, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, jounce

    Antonyms:
    clear

  9. bounceverb

    refuse to accept and send back

    "bounce a check"

    Synonyms:
    recoil, bound, resile, take a hop, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, jounce

    Antonyms:
    clear

  10. bounceverb

    eject from the premises

    "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"

    Synonyms:
    recoil, bound, resile, take a hop, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, jounce

    Antonyms:
    clear

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bouncenoun

    Synonyms:
    knock, thump, sudden blow

  2. bouncenoun

    Synonyms:
    bound, leap, jump, spring

  3. bouncenoun

    Synonyms:
    [Colloquial.] boast, vaunt, brag

  4. bouncenoun

    Synonyms:
    [Colloquial.] falsehood, lie, WHOPPER, bouncer

  5. bounceverb

    Synonyms:
    bolt, leap or spring suddenly

  6. bounceverb

    Synonyms:
    rebound, recoil

  7. bounceverb

    Synonyms:
    knock, thump, beat

  8. bounceverb

    Synonyms:
    thrust, drive against

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bouncenoun

    Synonyms:
    bound, leap, rebound, spring, discharge, dismissal

  2. bounceverb

    Synonyms:
    spring, bound, rebound, recoil, discharge, dismiss

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "bounce":

    rebound, jumpety-jump, jump, pounce

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How to use bounce in a sentence?

  1. Kevin Klein:

    Maybe earlier in the year, you get a bounce like that and you get down on yourself, i thought the resilience our team showed, not to let up, we just turned to each other and said, 'Just keep going.'.

  2. David Hensley:

    The November PMI surveys point to a further step in the right direction for the global economy, if faster increases in new orders and employment translate into a further bounce in the pace of expansion in December, fourth quarter GDP growth should come in a shade higher than that registered during Q3.

  3. Courtney Kennedy:

    There are a number of subgroup estimates that bounce around from poll to poll, as a result, the results are sometimes incoherent when looking across polls. This variation across polls is testament to the tremendous variation in the methods used to conduct polling these days.

  4. Keith DeCoster:

    Unless there is some big wellspring in demand and unless there's a bounce-back in the core tenants – the financial and legal sector - we don't see where the demand is going to come from.

  5. Michael Breus:

    The sound will bounce back in the other direction, reducing the noise enough so you're more likely to drift off.


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