Bounds Synonyms and Antonyms

Obligate; restrict
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. limits
  2. confines
  3. throttles
  4. measures
  5. borders
  6. marks
  7. circumscribes
  8. determines
  9. restricts
  10. trammels
  11. demarcates
  12. restrains
  13. delimitates
  14. delimits
Antonyms:
  1. lets
  2. permits
  3. allows
  4. unbinds
To be contiguous or next to
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. verges
  2. touches
  3. neighbors
  4. meets
  5. joins
  6. butts
  7. borders
  8. adjoins
  9. abuts
The line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. boundary
  2. limits
  3. boundaries
  4. bound
  5. end
An act of bouncing or a bouncing movement
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rebounds
  2. bounces
The greatest possible degree of something
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. limits
  2. boundaries
Bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. holds

Words Related to Bounds

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Bounds Sentence Examples

  • That girl knows no bounds and can land any man.

  • Fort Massachusetts, at one time within its bounds, was destroyed in 1746 by the French.

  • In South Australia and the Northern Territory a large number are outside the bounds of settlement, and it is probable that they are as numerous there as in Queensland.

  • He described it as barren and sterile, and almost devoid of animals, the only one of any importance somewhat resembling a raccoon - a strange creature, which advanced by great bounds or leaps instead of walking, using only its hind legs, and covering 12 or 15 ft.

  • High above all the medley of kindreds and tongues, untrammelled by national traditions, for he had outgrown the compass of any one nation, invested with the glory of achievements in which the old bounds of the possible seemed to fall away, stood in 324 the man Alexander.

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