Synonyms for bound
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : bound |
| Phonetic Transcription : baÊŠnd |
Top 10 synonyms for bound Other synonyms for the word bound
- apprenticed
- articled
- bent
- bob
- bounden
- caper
- certain
- circumscribe
- coerced
- compelled
- confine
- contracted
- define
- delimit
- delimitate
- demarcate
- determine
- doomed
- driven
- duty-bound
- enclose
- fated
- firm
- forced
- frisk
- gambol
- having no alternative
- hurdle
- impelled
- indentured
- intent
- limit
- made
- mark
- mark out
- measure
- necessitated
- obliged
- pledged
- pounce
- pressed
- recoil
- required
- restrain
- restrict
- saltate
- skip
- spring
- sure
- surround
- terminate
- under compulsion
- under necessity
- urged
- vault
Définition of bound
Origin :- "to leap," 1580s, from French bondir "to rebound, resound, echo," from Old French bondir "to leap, rebound; make a noise, beat (a drum)," 13c., ultimately "to echo back," from Vulgar Latin *bombitire "to buzz, hum" (see bomb (n.)), perhaps on model of Old French tentir, from Vulgar Latin *tinnitire.
- adj obligated; destined
- verb jump, bounce
- verb restrict
- I am bound to him by ties stronger than usually bind the hearts of women.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- Moreover, Master Hansen bound, as well as printed his books.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- I knew those fellows inside were bound to hammer it down if they could.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- After the captain left him, he struggled hard to unloose the cords which bound him.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I am bound for my quarters, I came but to thank you for your goodness to me, and to bid you farewell.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- But, bound as he was, we can understand why they looked in vain.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- I don't want to trouble him, but I was bound he shouldn't keep from me what was rightly my due.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- But no one knows whither it is bound, and that is what makes life so interesting.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Speak to me as is your wont—with the same kindliness and warmth—you know I am bound to you.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- The pinch was bound to come in a town where every man wore his gun.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
Antonyms for bound
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