1. (noun) boundary, edge, bound
a line determining the limits of an area
Synonyms: bound, 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. (noun) boundary, bound, bounds
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
Synonyms: bound, 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. (noun) limit, bound, boundary
the greatest possible degree of something
Synonyms: terminus ad quem, terminal point, edge, point of accumulation, demarcation, bound, 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. (adj) leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bounce
a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards
Synonyms: dancing, bounciness, dance, fountain, bounds, edge, terpsichore, give, bound, 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. (adj) bound
confined by bonds
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. (adj) bound
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. (adj) bound
secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
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. (adj) bound(p), destined
(usually followed by `to') governed by fate
Antonyms: unoriented, looseleaf, free, unchained, unshackled, uncertain, untethered, unsworn, unbound, unfettered, liberated, unconstipated, regular, untreated, untied
9. (adj) bandaged, bound
covered or wrapped with a bandage
Synonyms: articled, bound, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destined
Antonyms: untreated, free, looseleaf, unbound, untethered, unoriented, unconstipated, untied, regular, unfettered, liberated, uncertain, unsworn, unchained, unshackled
10. (adj) bound, destined
headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
Synonyms: articled, bound, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destined
Antonyms: unconstipated, unchained, untethered, free, unbound, untied, unshackled, uncertain, regular, untreated, unoriented, unsworn, unfettered, looseleaf, liberated
11. (adj) bound
bound by an oath
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. (adj) apprenticed, articled, bound, indentured
bound by contract
Synonyms: articled, bound, bandaged, bound(p), apprenticed, indentured, destined
Antonyms: free, liberated, unbound, unsworn, unfettered, unchained, untreated, unshackled, untied, looseleaf, regular, unoriented, unconstipated, uncertain, untethered
13. (verb) bound(p)
confined in the bowels
Antonyms: uncertain, unbound, untied, unchained, regular, unfettered, unshackled, untreated, untethered, looseleaf, liberated, free, unsworn, unconstipated, unoriented
14. (verb) jump, leap, bound, spring
move forward by leaps and bounds
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, bound, limit, leap out, take shape
Antonyms: unsworn, regular, free, unbound, unconstipated, unoriented, uncertain, unfettered, liberated, unchained, untethered, looseleaf, unshackled, untreated, untied
15. (verb) bound, border
form the boundary of; be contiguous to
Synonyms: rebound, restrict, surround, bound, 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. (verb) restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle
place limits on (extent or access)
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, bound, 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. (verb) bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet
spring back; spring away from an impact
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, bound, 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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Synonyms and Antonyms of bound 
