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)