Synonyms for bound


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : bound
Phonetic Transcription : baÊŠnd

Top 10 synonyms for bound Other synonyms for the word bound

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
Example sentences :
  • 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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