Synonyms of bounding

bounding 1 of 3

adjective

as in encircling

Synonyms & Similar Words

• encircling
• embracing
• surrounding
• enclosing
• connecting
• joined
• connected
• inclosing
• attached
• circumjacent
• communicating
• linked
• peripheral
• marginal
• fencing
• nearest
• tangential
• united
• nearby
• rimming
• approximate
• tangent
• closest
• next-door
• interconnecting
• adjacent
• near
• contiguous
• adjoining
• immediate
• joining
• ambient
• encompassing
• nigh
• abutting
• neighboring
• flanking
• close
• touching
• conterminous
• juxtaposed
• fringing
• bordering
• skirting
• verging
• flush

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• apart
• discrete
• noncontiguous
• single
• nonadjacent
• separate
• isolated
• farthest
• distant
• unconnected
• detached
• far
• isolate
• away
• unattached
• disconnected
• remote
• removed
• discontinuous
• unlinked
• free-standing
• divided
• resolved
• noncontinuous
• split
• far-off
• faraway
• broken up
• parted
• severed
• uncoupled
• ramified
• divorced
• dissociated
• disunited
• disjoined
• sundered
• dissevered
• unyoked

bounding

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verb (1)

present participle of bound

1

as in defining

to mark the limits of

the country is bounded by water on two sides

Synonyms & Similar Words

• defining
• limiting
• delimiting
• describing
• marking (off)
• circumscribing
• demarcating
• demarking
• governing
• terminating
• controlling
• determining
• delineating

2

as in bordering

to serve as a border for

being bounded on all sides by the Alps has helped Switzerland maintain its neutrality

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bordering
• surrounding
• edging
• skirting
• rimming
• encircling
• fringing
• framing
• circling
• defining
• margining
• tracing
• enclosing
• inclosing
• rounding
• trimming
• outlining
• circumscribing
• demarcating
• looping
• delineating
• restricting
• sketching
• environing
• ringing
• confining
• limiting
• restraining
• curbing
• checking
• silhouetting
• hemming
• walling
• controlling
• girdling
• girthing
• compassing

bounding

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verb (2)

present participle of bound

1

as in hopping

to move with a light springing step

the child giggled and bounded off to play with her friends

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hopping
• bouncing
• skipping
• leaping
• loping
• jumping
• tripping
• lolloping
• romping
• capering
• gambolling
• skittering
• frisking
• gamboling
• vaulting
• skimming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trudging
• lumbering
• plodding

2

as in leaping

to propel oneself upward or forward into the air

a rabbit bounded down the garden path

Synonyms & Similar Words

• leaping
• jumping
• hopping
• springing
• vaulting
• bouncing
• skipping
• pouncing
• loping
• hurdling
• romping
• capering
• attacking
• cavorting
• leapfrogging
• bucking
• gamboling
• frolicking
• gambolling
• skyrocketing
• caprioling
• shooting