Synonyms for
Bounds
Definition
Bounds means limits or restrictions, or the area within a boundary.
Synonyms & similar words
recoil
border
jump
limit
trammel
resile
saltation
rebound
confine
takeahop
restrict
bounce
spring
edge
reverberate
boundary
restrain
ricochet
bound
leap
throttle
leaping
limits
borders
edges
bonds
restraints
constraints
circumscription
frontiers
margins
perimeters
peripheries
territories
compasses
confines
endpoints
extremities
fringes
outlines
surroundings
surrounds
Synonyms by register
Formal
Literary
Antonyms
Common collocations
- within bounds
- out of bounds
- upper bounds
- lower bounds
- set bounds
- push the bounds
- beyond the bounds
- check the bounds
Word family
Usage note
The word 'bounds' often refers to limits or restrictions, especially in phrases like 'within bounds' or 'out of bounds'. It can also refer to the edges or limits of a physical area.
Example sentences
- The playground has bounds so the children can play safely.
- The fence marks the bounds of our property.
- The cat jumped over the bounds of the garden.
- The runner was able to break the previous record by bounds.
- The teacher set bounds for the amount of time each student could speak.
Quotes
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Believe you can and you're halfway there. - Theodore Roosevelt
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. - Arthur C. Clarke