Happiness, I have discovered, is nearly always a rebound from hard work.
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Rebound
//ɹiˈbaʊnd//
Synonyms for "rebound" (92 found)
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11 entriesTranslations
69 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- възстановяване noun (return to health)
- отскок noun (recoil of an object bouncing off another)
- отскок noun (the strike of the ball)
- рикошет noun (recoil of an object bouncing off another)
Catalan
3 entries- rebot noun (the strike of the ball)
- rebot noun (in basketball)
- rebotre verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 籃板球 /篮板球 noun (in basketball)
Danish
2 entries- tilbagestuds noun (recoil of an object bouncing off another)
- studse verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
Esperanto
1 entries- resalti verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
Finnish
4 entries- kimpoaminen noun (recoil of an object bouncing off another)
- levypallo noun (in basketball)
- lohdutuspalkinto noun (romantic partner, for the sake of recovery)
- paluukiekko noun (the strike of the ball)
French
4 entries- guérison noun (return to health)
- rebond noun (recoil of an object bouncing off another)
- rétablissement noun (effort to recover from a setback)
- rebondir verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
German
4 entries- Rebound noun (return to health)
- Rebound noun (in basketball)
- Rückprall noun (recoil of an object bouncing off another)
- zurückprallen verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
Greek
1 entries- ριμπάουντ noun (in basketball)
Irish
4 entries- athléim noun (recoil of an object bouncing off another)
- athphreab noun (recoil of an object bouncing off another)
- athléim verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
- athphreab verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
Italian
1 entries- rimbalzare verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
Japanese
1 entries- リバウンド noun (in basketball)
Korean
1 entries- 리바운드 noun (in basketball)
Middle English
1 entries- spryngen verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
Māori
2 entries- turapa verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
- tāwhana verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
Polish
1 entries- partner na odzyskanie poczucie siebie noun (romantic partner, for the sake of recovery)
Portuguese
4 entries- rebatida noun (recoil of an object bouncing off another)
- rebote noun (recoil of an object bouncing off another)
- rebote noun (the strike of the ball)
- rebater verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
Russian
1 entries- отскакивать verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
Spanish
4 entries- rebote noun (recoil of an object bouncing off another)
- rebote noun (the strike of the ball)
- rebote noun (in basketball)
- recuperación noun (return to health)
Swedish
2 entries- retur noun (the strike of the ball)
- retur noun (in basketball)
Tagalog
2 entries- tumalbog verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
- tumalbog verb (to jump up or get back up again)
Walloon
2 entries- ridjibler verb (to bound or spring back from a force)
- rispiter verb (to jump up or get back up again)
Welsh
1 entries- adlam noun (recoil of an object bouncing off another)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
She went out with her on the rebound.
Source: tatoeba (9539615)
He went out with him on the rebound.
Source: tatoeba (9539617)
He went out with her on the rebound.
Source: tatoeba (9539619)
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