BOUNCED Synonyms: 143 Similar and Opposite Words

bounced

verb

past tense of bounce

as in ejected

to drive or force out the bar doesn't hesitate to bounce customers for getting rowdy

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as in rebounded

to strike and fly off at an angle most of my shots bounce off the rim of the basket

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as in dismissed

to let go from office, service, or employment I'll bounce you if I catch you talking that way again

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as in suggested

to set before the mind for consideration we bounced several script suggestions off the producers, but they weren't interested in any of them

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as in hopped

to move with a light springing step the girl bounced excitedly alongside her parents as they hurried toward the entrance to the amusement park

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Recent Examples of bounced When Walker bounced out of a fourth and 1 scrum and bolted 60 yards for a touchdown in the Chiefs’ 31-10 trouncing of Denver, all at once the astounding was entirely familiar. — Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026 His videos Continentes, confetes (2023) and Encontro amoroso do círculo com o quadrado (2023) were shown in a room filled with colored paper that bounced across three white walls and geometric shapes that slowly overlapped each other, respectively. — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 In the 10th, automatic runner Joey Ortiz advanced on a bunt and trotted home when Frelick bounced a single to right field off Grant Wolfram (6-4). — ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 The Rams’ sluggish effort against the San Francisco 49ers has become social media fodder after the team got bounced like a kangaroo in Australia on Thursday night. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 Betty Boop and Minnie Mouse bounced from frame to frame in the cartoons. — Sebastian Smee, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2026 With one swift cut, Walker bounced outside and outran the defense on a 60-yard touchdown that took all the air out of the Broncos. — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 The native New Yorker bounced from family to family and then to a group home. — Anne Kadet, Curbed, 10 Sep. 2026 Since then, she's bounced between multiple homes and shelters in search of a new family. — Alys Martinez, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

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Montana captain Peyton Wing was ejected for targeting following a hit on Atkinson early in the second quarter.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
One passenger was fully ejected from the bus and another was partially ejected, police said.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026

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Sonoma County had a rainy late spring, so the vegetation rebounded and began drying out, leaving behind more kindling for fires.

— Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Chicago rebounded from a 6-3 loss at Cleveland on Wednesday that knocked them out of a share of first for the first time since July 4.

— CBS News, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of rebounded

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In California, a federal judge this month dismissed the administration’s challenge to school sports policies allowing transgender athletes to compete on teams matching their gender identity.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Netanyahu dismissed the allegations, and is suing Levi and several other Israelis who have made similar charges.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of dismissed

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In another incident that gave Europe a headache, officials suggested Russia was behind a drone that breached Lithuania’s airspace earlier this month.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2026
The volunteers could help suppress future dissent Friday’s events also suggested that hard-liners like Taeb among Iran’s leadership will be more prepared to suppress any future demonstration against the theocracy.

— Nasser Karimi, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of suggested

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Legislators from major production states — Georgia, New York, California, Texas — have hopped on board, but the efforts of CAP and others were aimed at bringing more people into the tent, including those from states with less filming going on.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
The Sox have won 11 of Tolle’s last 12 starts, and his strikeout rate over the last two months has hopped above one-third of opposing hitters.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of hopped

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Graves glanced at the TV and saw smoke pouring from the North Tower of the World Trade Center over Manhattan.

— USA TODAY staff, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Some of the better chances provoked surprising misses, in particular a header from close range from the normally dependable Merino glanced straight at the ‘keeper, and a swipe by Saka that was shanked wide.

— Amy Lawrence, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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Nike's stock price has plummeted nearly 80% from its 2021 peak, and the company is set to be removed from the S&P 100 Index before the market opens next Monday.

— , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
In the late 1990s, there were calls for the citizenship of Yigal Amir, who assassinated former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin in 1995, to be removed.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026