Bound

//ˈbaʊnd//

Synonyms for "bound" (550 found)

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Closest matches (110)

apprenticed bounce boundary bounden constipated destined fettered jump leap limit restrict sworn tethered absolute adjoin affianced affiliate affiliated allied and jump

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Adjective(3 words)

apprenticed articled bandaged

Verb(3 words)

behedge border bounce

Noun(3 words)

bounce boundary bounds

Strong matches (165)

compromised conclusive condition conditioned confine confined confines congested conjoined conjugate conjugated connected constrained contain contracted contrecoup coop coop in coop up cooped

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copulate copyright copyrighted cordon cordon off cordoned cordoned off corral corralled correlated costive coupled cramped cribbed curvet cutoff cutoff point dash deadline decided decisive dedicated define definite delimit delimitate delimitation demarcate demivolt determinant determinate determine determined devoted directed discipline disciplined dive divide division line doomed draw the line duty-bound earnest edge enchained encircle enclose enclosed encompass end enframe engaged enshrine enslaved extent extremity fast fastened fated fence fence in fenced finish finite fix fixed floor fly back flying jump forced foul fouled fox trot fox-trot frame fringe frolic frontier full furled galliard gallop gambol gaol gathered gelandesprung get git grand jete guaranteed half bound hampered hand-in-glove hand-in-hand handcuffed handspring have repercussions headed hedge hedge about hedge in hedged hem hem in hemmed hemmed in high jump high water mark high-water mark highland fling hightail hippety-hop hop hop along hotfoot house house in hurdle immured implicated impound imprison imprisoned in bonds in chains in duty bound in irons incarcerate incarcerated include incorporated indebted indebted to indentured ineluctable inevitable infarcted integrated intended interface

Verb(1 words)

confine

Adjective(2 words)

destined indentured

Noun(1 words)

edge

Related words (275)

interlinked interlocked interrelated intimate involved ironbound jail jailed jammed jete jig joined jump over jump shot jump turn jump-hop jump-off kennel kick kick back

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kickback knotted lap lash back lavolta lay off leagued leaguer leaguered leap over leapfrog liable likely limen limitation limited limiting factor limits line line of demarcation linked list long jump lop lope loving low-water mark lower limit lunge make tracks manacled march marge margin marginate mark mark boundaries mark off mark out mark the periphery matched mated measure merged mete mew mew up mewed moderate moderated morris narrow necessary negotiate obligate obligated obliged obliged to obstinate obstipated obstructed of that ilk of that kind outline overjump overleap overskip packed paired paled paperbacked parallel patent patented pen pen in penned pent up pent-up perfectly sure periphery persevering persistent pinioned pledged plighted plugged plugged up pocket pole vault positive pounce pounce on pounce upon prance precincts predestined predetermined prescribed promised proscribed purfle purl purlieus purposeful qualified qualify quarantine quarantined rail in railed rebound rebuff recalcitrate recalcitration recoil register related relentless repercuss repercussion repulse required resile resilience resolute resolved restrain restrained restricted ricochet rim romp rope off run running broad jump running high jump saddled saut de basque scant scheduled secured separate serious set off set the limit shackled shoot shrine shut in shut up shut-in side sincere single minded single-minded ski jump skip skirt snap back specialize specify spliced spring spring back sprint stable stake out start start aside start up starting line starting point steeplechase step step along step lively stint stopped stopped up strait straiten straitened strapped stuffed stuffed up sure sure enough sure-enough surround target date tenacious term terminal date terminus threshold tied tied down tied up time allotment tour jete trammeled trim trip trot true trussed twinned unambiguous under obligation underwritten undivided unequivocal united univocal unmistakable updive upleap upper limit upspring vault verge wall in walled walled-in warranted wed wedded well bound wholehearted wired wrap yard yard up ybounden yoked

Verb(14 words)

jump leap limit rebound recoil resile restrict reverberate ricochet spring take a hop throttle trammel ybounden

Noun(5 words)

leap leaping limit saltation spring

Related word relations

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14 relation types

More general

13 entries

act confine enclose extent extremity hold in jump jumping leap line move spring

More specific

31 entries

I/O bound book-bound culture-bound dutybound dynamic-bound earthbound egg-bound fardel-bound fluid-bound fogbound harmonically bound inbound late-bound outbound pot-bound prison-bound

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Antonyms

3 entries

free unbound

Synonyms

10 entries

apprenticed bandaged bounce boundary bounden destined jump leap limit restrict

Related terms

5 entries

I dare be bound I'll be bound bound to data-bound early-bound

derived

113 entries

Bekenstein bound Bound Brook Chapman-Robbins bound Cramér-Rao bound Hammersley-Chapman-Robbins bound Tsirelson bound airbound antibound barkbound bedbound boatbound bound ahead bound bailiff bound for bound form bound morpheme

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derived from

1 entries

boun

etymologically related_to

2 entries

bind boun

form of

1 entries

bind

has context

6 entries

chemistry linguistics logic mathematics physics used in plural

is a

1 entries

automobile

manner of

1 entries

enclose

related to

28 entries

bind border bounce bound to boundary certain constipated constrained costive cross dancing foot i'll be bound jump leap likely

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similar

43 entries

brassbound cased certain chained conjugate conjugated constipated enchained fettered furled

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Translations

189 translations across 36 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

πήδημα noun (sizeable jump)

Arabic

1 entries

مُتَّجِه adj (ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of))

Armenian

1 entries

սահման noun (boundary, border of territory)

Basque

2 entries

jauzi noun (sizeable jump)
salto noun (sizeable jump)

Bulgarian

4 entries

готов adj (ready, prepared)
готов да adj (very likely to)
задължен adj (obliged to)
на път за adj (ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of))

Catalan

4 entries

bot noun (sizeable jump)
fita noun (mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set)
límit noun (boundary, border of territory)
saltar verb (to leap)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

界 noun (mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set)

Czech

1 entries

obklopovat verb (to surround a territory)

Danish

1 entries

begrænset adj (constrained by something, or constrained to something)

Dutch

4 entries

(voor) bestemd adj (ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of))
bereid adj (ready, prepared)
geacht adj (very likely to)
gehouden adj (obliged to)

Esperanto

3 entries

baro noun (mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set)
limo noun (boundary, border of territory)
saltegi verb (to leap)

Estonian

1 entries

tõkestama verb (to surround a territory)

Finnish

4 entries

see varmasti adj (very likely to)
sidottu adj (constrained by something, or constrained to something)
velvollinen adj (obliged to)
hyppy noun (sizeable jump)

French

4 entries

obligé adj (obliged to)
tenu adj (obliged to)
bond noun (sizeable jump)
borne noun (boundary, border of territory)

Georgian

1 entries

ესაზღვრება verb (to surround a territory)

German

4 entries

bereit adj (ready, prepared)
gebunden adj (obliged to)
verpflichtet adj (obliged to)
Abgrenzung noun (boundary, border of territory)

Greek

3 entries

δεσμευμένος adj (constrained by something, or constrained to something)
φραγμένος adj (constrained by something, or constrained to something)
άλμα noun (sizeable jump)

Hindi

4 entries

अवश्यंभावी adj (very likely to)
बाध्य adj (obliged to)
सीमित adj (constrained by something, or constrained to something)
सीमा noun (boundary, border of territory)

Hungarian

4 entries

bizonyos adj (very likely to)
elkerülhetetlen adj (very likely to)
haladó adj (ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of))
induló adj (ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of))

Irish

4 entries

ag triall ar adj (ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of))
airleog noun (sizeable jump)
pocléim noun (sizeable jump)
preab noun (sizeable jump)

Italian

4 entries

confinato adj (obliged to)
costretto adj (obliged to)
costretto adj (constrained by something, or constrained to something)
destinato adj (ready, prepared)

Japanese

3 entries

…に向かって adj (ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of))
…行きの adj (ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of))
界 noun (mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set)

Korean

1 entries

행 adj (ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of))

Latin

1 entries

terminō verb (to surround a territory)

Māori

1 entries

turapa verb (to leap)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

begrenset adj (constrained by something, or constrained to something)
forpliktet adj (obliged to)

Occitan

3 entries

constrench adj (obliged to)
obligat adj (obliged to)
tengut adj (obliged to)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

صچرامق verb (to leap)

Polish

1 entries

granica noun (boundary, border of territory)

Portuguese

4 entries

obrigado adj (obliged to)
cota noun (mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set)
divisa noun (boundary, border of territory)
limite noun (boundary, border of territory)

Romanian

1 entries

obligat adj (obliged to)

Russian

4 entries

гото́вый adj (ready, prepared)
до́лжный adj (obliged to)
направля́ющийся adj (ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of))
непреме́нный adj (very likely to)

Sanskrit

1 entries

सित adj (constrained by something, or constrained to something)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

leum noun (sizeable jump)
leum verb (to leap)

Spanish

4 entries

constreñido adj (constrained by something, or constrained to something)
destinado adj (very likely to)
ligado adj (constrained by something, or constrained to something)
limitado adj (constrained by something, or constrained to something)

Swedish

4 entries

gräns noun (boundary, border of territory)
gräns noun (mathematics: value greater (or smaller) than a given set)
hopp noun (sizeable jump)
skutt noun (sizeable jump)

Sample sentences

40 total sentences available.

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Your plan is bound to fail.

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An ox is captured by the horns, a person is bound by his word.

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We are bound to obey the law.

Source: tatoeba (22665)

We bound her to secrecy.

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