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

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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. Neil Campling:

   The headline news from Apple on iPhone sales has been taken well and there's a relief bounce today across Apple supply chain names which had been hit in recent weeks.

2. Avtar Sandu:

   $30 may be intermediate support but I really honestly can't say whether this is the bottom, we see a bounce off here ... but a change in trend is not visible yet.

3. Ryan Sweet:

   We expect a decent bounce back, which will suggest that the economy's struggles at the start of the year were temporary, gDP growth north of 2.5 percent is sufficient to reduce the slack in the broader economy.

4. Rachel Nguyen:

   Once those particles are produced, they bounce around and knock into each other, transferringmomentumand energy, and thats what thermalizes and reheats the universe to set the initial conditions for the Big Bang.

5. Bricklin Dwyer:

   Our view is that we get a pretty clear signal that the first-quarter soft patch was just that, a temporary soft patch that will subside and we will get a bit of a bounce back.

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