Synonyms for bound
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1. bound

   Bank is a general term for the land along the edge of a water course; it may also denote a raised portion of the bed of a river, lake, or ocean; as, the Banks of Newfoundland. A beach is a strip or expanse of incoherent wave-worn sand, which is often pebbly or full of boulders; we speak of the beach of a lake or ocean; a beach is sometimes found in the bend of a river. Strand is a more poetic term for a wave-washed shore, especially as a place for landing or embarking; as, the keel grates on the strand. The whole line of a country or continent that borders the sea is a coast. Shore is any land, whether cliff, or sand, or marsh, bordering water. We do not speak of the coast of a river, nor of the banks of the ocean, tho there may be banks by or under the sea. Edge is the line where land and water meet; as, the water's edge. Brink is the place from which one may fall; as, the river's brink; the brink of a precipice; the brink of ruin.

   Synonyms:
   bank, beach, border, brim, brink, coast, edge, marge, margin, rim, shore, strand

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1. boundnoun

   Synonyms:
   limit, boundary, inclosure, confine, border

2. boundverb

   Synonyms:
   confine, limit, circumscribe, terminate, restrict, restrain

   Antonyms:
   enlarge, open, extend, spread out

3. boundverb

   Synonyms:
   to leap, jump, frisk, spring, skip

   Antonyms:
   hobble, limp, crawl, creep, shamble

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1. boundary, edge, boundnoun

   a line determining the limits of an area

   Synonyms:
   saltation, edge, bounce, spring, bounds, limit, leaping, boundary, border, leap, sharpness

   Antonyms:
   free, unbound, regular, unsworn, looseleaf, unshackled, liberated, untethered, uncertain, untreated, unconstipated, unoriented, untied, unfettered, unchained

2. boundary, bound, boundsnoun

   the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something

   Synonyms:
   saltation, edge, bounce, spring, bounds, limit, leaping, leap, boundary

   Antonyms:
   untied, unchained, looseleaf, free, unoriented, uncertain, unsworn, unbound, unfettered, unshackled, untethered, untreated, unconstipated, liberated, regular

3. limit, bound, boundarynoun

   the greatest possible degree of something

   "what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"

   Synonyms:
   terminus ad quem, terminal point, edge, point of accumulation, demarcation, spring, leap, limit point, demarcation line, saltation, bounce, bounds, boundary, leaping, limit, limitation

   Antonyms:
   liberated, unconstipated, unchained, unoriented, unfettered, looseleaf, uncertain, untethered, untreated, unbound, regular, free, untied, unsworn, unshackled

4. leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounceadjective

   a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

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

   Antonyms:
   unbound, unoriented, untreated, unshackled, untethered, liberated, free, unconstipated, untied, unsworn, uncertain, unfettered, unchained, regular, looseleaf

5. boundadjective

   confined by bonds

   "bound and gagged hostages"

   Synonyms:
   articled, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destined

   Antonyms:
   free, unconstipated, looseleaf, liberated, unbound, unoriented, uncertain, unshackled, untreated, unsworn, unfettered, untied, unchained, untethered, regular

6. boundadjective

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

   Synonyms:
   articled, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destined

   Antonyms:
   unshackled, looseleaf, unbound, regular, untreated, unchained, uncertain, free, unoriented, untethered, unsworn, unfettered, untied, unconstipated, liberated

7. boundadjective

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

   "bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"

   Synonyms:
   articled, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destined

   Antonyms:
   untreated, unbound, uncertain, unchained, regular, unfettered, unshackled, unoriented, looseleaf, free, unsworn, unconstipated, untethered, liberated, untied

8. bound(p), destinedadjective

   (usually followed by `to') governed by fate

   "bound to happen"; "an old house destined to be demolished"; "he is destined to be famous"

   Antonyms:
   unoriented, looseleaf, free, unchained, unshackled, uncertain, untethered, unsworn, unbound, unfettered, liberated, unconstipated, regular, untreated, untied

9. bandaged, boundadjective

   covered or wrapped with a bandage

   "the bandaged wound on the back of his head"; "an injury bound in fresh gauze"

   Synonyms:
   articled, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destined

   Antonyms:
   untreated, free, looseleaf, unbound, untethered, unoriented, unconstipated, untied, regular, unfettered, liberated, uncertain, unsworn, unchained, unshackled

10. bound, destinedadjective

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

    "children bound for school"; "a flight destined for New York"

    Synonyms:
    articled, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destined

    Antonyms:
    unconstipated, unchained, untethered, free, unbound, untied, unshackled, uncertain, regular, untreated, unoriented, unsworn, unfettered, looseleaf, liberated

11. boundadjective

    bound by an oath

    "a bound official"

    Synonyms:
    articled, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destined

    Antonyms:
    liberated, unbound, unchained, untreated, free, unconstipated, untied, unoriented, unsworn, looseleaf, uncertain, unshackled, untethered, regular, unfettered

12. apprenticed, articled, bound, indenturedadjective

    bound by contract

    Synonyms:
    articled, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destined

    Antonyms:
    free, liberated, unbound, unsworn, unfettered, unchained, untreated, unshackled, untied, looseleaf, regular, unoriented, unconstipated, uncertain, untethered

13. bound(p)verb

    confined in the bowels

    "he is bound in the belly"

    Antonyms:
    uncertain, unbound, untied, unchained, regular, unfettered, unshackled, untreated, untethered, looseleaf, liberated, free, unsworn, unconstipated, unoriented

14. jump, leap, bound, springverb

    move forward by leaps and bounds

    "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?"

    Synonyms:
    spring, start, jumpstart, rise, jump out, jump off, throttle, climb up, restrict, stick out, trammel, stand out, take form, alternate, derail, form, jump-start, ricochet, border, skip, recoil, reverberate, startle, rebound, parachute, confine, pass over, leap, restrain, skip over, jump, take a hop, chute, bounce, resile, limit, leap out, take shape

    Antonyms:
    unsworn, regular, free, unbound, unconstipated, unoriented, uncertain, unfettered, liberated, unchained, untethered, looseleaf, unshackled, untreated, untied

15. bound, borderverb

    form the boundary of; be contiguous to

    Synonyms:
    rebound, restrict, surround, trammel, march, frame in, restrain, frame, confine, skirt, butt on, throttle, spring, leap, ricochet, border, environ, abut, edge, bounce, butt against, ring, recoil, adjoin, resile, butt, reverberate, limit, take a hop, jump

    Antonyms:
    uncertain, unchained, unbound, free, unconstipated, unshackled, untied, untreated, unoriented, unfettered, regular, liberated, unsworn, untethered, looseleaf

16. restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttleverb

    place limits on (extent or access)

    "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends"

    Synonyms:
    spring, strangle, snare, intimidate, rebound, qualify, ricochet, choke, throttle, circumscribe, hold back, fix, trammel, entrap, take a hop, hold in, determine, encumber, define, specify, border, strangulate, keep, reverberate, recoil, cumber, curb, constrain, hold, ensnare, confine, bounce, leap, restrain, restrict, jump, curtail, detain, trap, resile, limit, keep back, cut back, set, enclose

    Antonyms:
    untied, liberated, untreated, unsworn, free, uncertain, unfettered, unconstipated, unchained, unoriented, unbound, untethered, looseleaf, regular, unshackled

17. 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, bounce, resile, limit, kick, take shape, jounce, recant

    Antonyms:
    regular, liberated, untied, unbound, unconstipated, untreated, unchained, free, unsworn, unfettered, unoriented, looseleaf, unshackled, uncertain, untethered

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boundnoun

   Synonyms:
   limit, BOUNDARY, bourn, border, confine

2. boundnoun

   Synonyms:
   leap, jump, spring, bounce

3. boundverb

   Synonyms:
   limit, border, terminate, circumscribe

4. boundverb

   Synonyms:
   jump, leap, spring

5. boundverb

   Synonyms:
   rebound, spring back

6. boundadjective

   Synonyms:
   [Followed by to or for.] destined, tending, going, on the way

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1. boundadjective

   Synonyms:
   restrained, constrained, repressed, bounden, destined, sure, certain, determined, resolved, costive, constipated

2. boundnoun

   Synonyms:
   spring, leap, bounce, rebound, boundary, confine

3. boundp.p

   Synonyms:
   restrained, constrained, repressed, bounden, destined, sure, certain, determined, resolved, costive, constipated

4. boundverb

   Synonyms:
   limit, inclose, circumscribe, terminate, leap, spring, bounce, rebound

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1. List of paraphrases for "bound":

   linked, obliged, related, tied, associated, forced, compelled, connected, consolidated, obligated, required, held, doomed

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1. Herman Melville:

   Life's a voyage that's homeward bound.

2. Chad Corby:

   He was on his front porch, screaming for help, he was tied and bound, covered in blood. He told me somebody came in, asked to borrow some money. He told them he could n’t do it. They did n’t like that answer, proceeded to beat the crap out of him, bound him, threw him in his tub, and caught his house on fire.

3. Alaska Alaska Governor Bill Walker:

   We are contractually bound to do that and morally bound to do that.

4. Abraham Lincoln:

   I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed but I am bound to live the best life that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right and part from him when he goes wrong.

5. Todd Allen:

   You have taught me that we are not bound together solely by our nationality, language, religion, culture, race, social or economic status, we are bound by our humanity.