Synonyms 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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 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

Matched Categories

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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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 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

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "bounce":

   rebound, jumpety-jump, jump, pounce

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1. William Frey:

   I wouldn't go so far as to say that this Covid-19 is going to make us become a declining population. I think that's a shorter-term thing and things will sort of bounce back, we'll have the normal death rates going forward. There will be some shorter-term shifts in the population.

2. Valuable Player:

   If I'm honest, I probably didn't handle it great, just trying to juggle all those balls, all that different information, i probably got a little distracted about thinking about what it means long-term for our team... But that's the way this year's going to be. We're going to be in and out of COVID situations and minute pile-ups, and all the difficulties that we're going to face this year and it's going to be similar for everyone, so we've just got to try to adapt and be able to bounce back from little setbacks like this.

3. El Aboudi:

   I'm so lucky that we have this tribe of people that love me and love my kids, but when it comes to making those decisions and trying to prioritize values and all those lessons, I don't have anybody to bounce those off of, and the weight of what the decisions cost my kids, it's just on me.

4. Scott Haslem:

   The recent bounce of construction commencements now points to a recovery ahead, indeed, our detailed analysis of government budgets implies that public capex/investment could potentially jump by 15 percent year-on-year in the 2016/17 fiscal year, which is well above our current forecasts.

5. Steve Blitz:

   On top of that, we had a little bit of a bounce in oil and that gives people hope that maybe the global growth is at least not getting worse.