BOUNCES Synonyms: 139 Similar and Opposite Words

bounces

verb

present tense third-person singular of bounce

as in chases

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

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as in rebounds

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 removes

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 suggests

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 hops

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 bounces Teqball combines football skills with a soccer-like ball that bounces on a curved table resembling a table tennis table. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026 My body bounces once with a wet thud and comes to rest in the middle of the road. — CBS News, 19 Sep. 2026 But here, in a backyard on Cimarron Street on the last Saturday in July, conversation bounces from table to table, mouth to mouth, and the harmony of the day falls into place. — Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Mohammad Ali sends down a delivery that bounces unexpectedly steeply. — Nick Miller, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 Interestingly, the textile comes with a specialized outer coating that bounces away more than 85 percent of incoming solar radiation. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026 As Musashi scrambles through a school of Samurai, the game seamlessly bounces between skillful swordplay, rowdy improvisation, and Looney Tunes-style levity. — Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 31 Aug. 2026 When an account doesn’t have enough money, the check bounces. — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 24 July 2026 To win the World Cup, a team needs luck—luck that the ball bounces its way and its key players don’t get injured. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026

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Six such accounts make up the series as Hojo chases the truth behind them.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Oct. 2026
For anyone who grinds fresh every morning and chases single-origin lots, online talk about mold and mycotoxins in coffee tends to raise a practical question about how the stuff gets onto beans in the first place.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026

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Oil drops as Hormuz traffic rebounds Oil prices fell as new data showed crude exports from the Middle East surpassed prewar levels, though any respite may be short-lived as attacks on tankers traversing the Strait of Hormuz increased.

— Mary Lawrence Ware, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2026
However, when strategies shift a brand from merely ranking to being directly cited inside generative answers, engagement rebounds dramatically, and incoming traffic carries vastly higher buyer intent that converts in far fewer touchpoints.

— Vin Sonpal, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of rebounds

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Therefore, the researchers' anode not only removes a toxic contaminant but also reduces the energy needed to produce hydrogen at the cathode, increasing the system's overall hydrogen-production efficiency.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
Endurance testing Heating the material triggers a chemical reaction that removes loose chlorine ions and forms strong bonds between indium, oxygen, and phosphorus.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of removes

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Some research suggests rates of stroke go up around both spring and fall clock changes, although the risk of death is higher in the spring, says Beth Malow, a professor of neurology and pediatrics at Vanderbilt University.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 31 Oct. 2026
Public polling suggests the tax’s critics have the wind at their back.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of suggests

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The average shift in the National Hockey League is well under one minute before a player hops back over the boards, but tell that to New York Islanders star defenseman Matthew Schaefer.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Blanding hops in and out of the truck, grabbing buckets of food scraps from porches and restaurants, piling those scraps into bins in the truck bed and driving them to a composting site.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of hops

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When Schaesta Ama outs him and kicks him out of their home, Payam comes to Mansur’s aide (albeit temporarily) but does not invite him up into his caste for more than an afternoon.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026
At first the killer is revealed to be Miss Scarlet (Lesley Ann Warren), and Wadsworth outs himself as FBI.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of outs

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The molten salt strategy skips that chemical detour entirely.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
And deep sapphire gives the kind of counterculture cool girl who skips the gala hobnobbing for popping bottles with friends and stirring up good trouble around the town.

— Loren Savini, Allure, 26 Oct. 2026