Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb bound

4 senses of bound

Sense 1
jump, leap, bound, spring -- (move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?")
       => move -- (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right")

Sense 2
bound, border -- (form the boundary of; be contiguous to)
       => enclose, hold in, confine -- (close in; darkness enclosed him")

Sense 3
restrict, restrain, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle -- (place limits on (extent or access); "restrict the use of this parking lot"; "limit the time you can spend with your friends")
       => control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate -- (lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger")

Sense 4
bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochet -- (spring back; spring away from an impact; "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide")
       => jump, leap, bound, spring -- (move forward by leaps and bounds; "The horse bounded across the meadow"; "The child leapt across the puddle"; "Can you jump over the fence?")

Antonyms of adj bounded

1 sense of bounded

Sense 1
bounded, delimited -- (having the limits or boundaries established; "a delimited frontier through the disputed region")

INDIRECT (VIA finite) -> infinite -- (having no limits or boundaries in time or space or extent or magnitude; "the infinite ingenuity of man"; "infinite wealth")

Similarity of adj bounded

1 sense of bounded

Sense 1
bounded, delimited -- (having the limits or boundaries established; "a delimited frontier through the disputed region")
       => finite (vs. infinite) -- (bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent)

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