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Synonyms for bound
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
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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Princeton's WordNet
boundary, edge, boundnoun
a line determining the limits of an area
Synonyms:
saltation, edge, bounce, spring, bounds, limit, leaping, boundary, border, leap, sharpnessAntonyms:
free, unbound, regular, unsworn, looseleaf, unshackled, liberated, untethered, uncertain, untreated, unconstipated, unoriented, untied, unfettered, unchainedboundary, bound, boundsnoun
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
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saltation, edge, bounce, spring, bounds, limit, leaping, leap, boundaryAntonyms:
untied, unchained, looseleaf, free, unoriented, uncertain, unsworn, unbound, unfettered, unshackled, untethered, untreated, unconstipated, liberated, regularlimit, bound, boundarynoun
the greatest possible degree of something
"what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior"; "to the limit of his ability"
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terminus ad quem, terminal point, edge, point of accumulation, demarcation, spring, leap, limit point, demarcation line, saltation, bounce, bounds, boundary, leaping, limit, limitationAntonyms:
liberated, unconstipated, unchained, unoriented, unfettered, looseleaf, uncertain, untethered, untreated, unbound, regular, free, untied, unsworn, unshackledleap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounceadjective
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
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dancing, bounciness, dance, fountain, bounds, edge, terpsichore, give, springiness, springtime, spring, leap, saltation, bounce, natural spring, boundary, leaping, bouncing, outpouring, limit, outflow, jumpAntonyms:
unbound, unoriented, untreated, unshackled, untethered, liberated, free, unconstipated, untied, unsworn, uncertain, unfettered, unchained, regular, looseleafboundadjective
confined by bonds
"bound and gagged hostages"
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articled, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destinedAntonyms:
free, unconstipated, looseleaf, liberated, unbound, unoriented, uncertain, unshackled, untreated, unsworn, unfettered, untied, unchained, untethered, regularboundadjective
held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
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articled, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destinedAntonyms:
unshackled, looseleaf, unbound, regular, untreated, unchained, uncertain, free, unoriented, untethered, unsworn, unfettered, untied, unconstipated, liberatedboundadjective
secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
"bound volumes"; "leather-bound volumes"
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articled, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destinedAntonyms:
untreated, unbound, uncertain, unchained, regular, unfettered, unshackled, unoriented, looseleaf, free, unsworn, unconstipated, untethered, liberated, untiedbound(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"
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unoriented, looseleaf, free, unchained, unshackled, uncertain, untethered, unsworn, unbound, unfettered, liberated, unconstipated, regular, untreated, untiedbandaged, 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, destinedAntonyms:
untreated, free, looseleaf, unbound, untethered, unoriented, unconstipated, untied, regular, unfettered, liberated, uncertain, unsworn, unchained, unshackledbound, 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"
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articled, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destinedAntonyms:
unconstipated, unchained, untethered, free, unbound, untied, unshackled, uncertain, regular, untreated, unoriented, unsworn, unfettered, looseleaf, liberatedboundadjective
bound by an oath
"a bound official"
Synonyms:
articled, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destinedAntonyms:
liberated, unbound, unchained, untreated, free, unconstipated, untied, unoriented, unsworn, looseleaf, uncertain, unshackled, untethered, regular, unfetteredapprenticed, articled, bound, indenturedadjective
bound by contract
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articled, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destinedAntonyms:
free, liberated, unbound, unsworn, unfettered, unchained, untreated, unshackled, untied, looseleaf, regular, unoriented, unconstipated, uncertain, untetheredbound(p)verb
confined in the bowels
"he is bound in the belly"
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uncertain, unbound, untied, unchained, regular, unfettered, unshackled, untreated, untethered, looseleaf, liberated, free, unsworn, unconstipated, unorientedjump, 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 shapeAntonyms:
unsworn, regular, free, unbound, unconstipated, unoriented, uncertain, unfettered, liberated, unchained, untethered, looseleaf, unshackled, untreated, untiedbound, borderverb
form the boundary of; be contiguous to
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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, jumpAntonyms:
uncertain, unchained, unbound, free, unconstipated, unshackled, untied, untreated, unoriented, unfettered, regular, liberated, unsworn, untethered, looseleafrestrict, 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"
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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, encloseAntonyms:
untied, liberated, untreated, unsworn, free, uncertain, unfettered, unconstipated, unchained, unoriented, unbound, untethered, looseleaf, regular, unshackledbounce, 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, recantAntonyms:
regular, liberated, untied, unbound, unconstipated, untreated, unchained, free, unsworn, unfettered, unoriented, looseleaf, unshackled, uncertain, untethered
Dictionary of English Synonymes
boundnoun
boundnoun
boundverb
Synonyms:
limit, border, terminate, circumscribeboundverb
boundverb
Synonyms:
rebound, spring backboundadjective
Synonyms:
[Followed by to or for.] destined, tending, going, on the way
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
boundadjective
Synonyms:
restrained, constrained, repressed, bounden, destined, sure, certain, determined, resolved, costive, constipatedboundnoun
boundp.p
Synonyms:
restrained, constrained, repressed, bounden, destined, sure, certain, determined, resolved, costive, constipatedboundverb
Synonyms:
limit, inclose, circumscribe, terminate, leap, spring, bounce, rebound
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How to use bound in a sentence?
Life's a voyage that's homeward bound.
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.
Alaska Alaska Governor Bill Walker:
We are contractually bound to do that and morally bound to do that.
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.
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.
Translations for bound
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- مقيدArabic
- граница, скок, предел, ограничавам, скачам, обвързан, задължен, готов, готов да, свързан, решен, на път заBulgarian
- límitCatalan, Valencian
- begrænsetDanish
- umgrenzen, Abgrenzung, Sprung, Grenze, bereit, Schranke, begrenzenGerman
- άλμαGreek
- límite, limitarSpanish
- tõkestamaEstonian
- jauzi, saltoBasque
- کرانPersian
- sidottu, raja-arvo, loikka, reunustaa, hyppiä, hypähdellä, raja, hyppyFinnish
- borne, saut, limite, tenu, obligé, frontière, bond, délimiter, bondir, entourer, sauterFrench
- leumScottish Gaelic
- सीमाHindi
- սահմանArmenian
- costretto, diretto, confinato, portato, incamminato, tenuto, indirizzato, obbligato, destinato, frontiera, salto, confinare, balzare, accerchiare, confine, balzo, limite, delimitareItalian
- כבולHebrew
- 界, 行き, 向かうJapanese
- limiet, begrenzen, springen, gehouden, bereid, geacht, bestemd, grens, omringen, sprongDutch
- bundetNorwegian
- granicaPolish
- obligatRomanian
- обязанный, должный, направляться, лимит, предел, скачок, скакать, непременный, связанный, готовый, граница, прыжок, рубеж, ограничивать, прыгатьRussian
- gränsa till, skutta, gräns, hopp, skuttSwedish
- 界Chinese
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