Antonyms for bounce
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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

Matched Categories

1. • Eject
   • Elasticity
   • Hit
   • Jump
   • Refuse
   • Return

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. bounce, bouncinessnoun

   the quality of a substance that is able to rebound

   Antonyms:
   clear

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

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

   a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

   Antonyms:
   clear

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

3. bounce, bouncingverb

   rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)

   Antonyms:
   clear

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

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"

   Antonyms:
   clear

   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

5. bounceverb

   hit something so that it bounces

   "bounce a ball"

   Antonyms:
   clear

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

6. bounce, jounceverb

   move up and down repeatedly

   Antonyms:
   clear

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

7. bounceverb

   come back after being refused

   "the check bounced"

   Antonyms:
   clear

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

8. bounceverb

   leap suddenly

   "He bounced to his feet"

   Antonyms:
   clear

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

9. bounceverb

   refuse to accept and send back

   "bounce a check"

   Antonyms:
   clear

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

10. bounceverb

    eject from the premises

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

    Antonyms:
    clear

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bouncenoun

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

2. bounceverb

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

How to use bounce in a sentence?

1. Charles Leclerc:

   Obviously I wished I was one step higher today but it's part of life, sometimes it goes that way and I'll bounce back stronger in (the next race) Russia.

2. Ben LeBrun:

   If its better than expectations they'll be a short-term bounce in oil prices.

3. Dan Ivascyn:

   Declining oil prices will have a clear downside impact on global inflation readings next year, in most developed economies, headline inflation will likely go into negative readings in the early part of 2015, only to bounce back toward positive core inflation readings as we go into late 2015 and early 2016.

4. Roger Federer:

   Sometimes you lose the control. The match is long, so you have time to bounce back, I guess, to regroup, a couple times I lost my cool, then I lost my serve, then a set. Nadal is who he is because he knows how to use those momentums. When he sees the opportunity, he seizes it, he really takes it.

5. Steve Kerr:

   I loved the effort, we’re going through it right now. Every team in the league pretty much has gone through it at some point this year. It’s just our turn. We’re going to bounce back.

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