Synonyms for bond
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1. bond

   Synonyms:
   tie, fastening, chain, association, manacle, fetter, compact, obligation, security

   Antonyms:
   freedom, option, discretion, honor, parole

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1. chemical bond, bondnoun

   an electrical force linking atoms

   Synonyms:
   bail, bond certificate, bond paper, adherence, bail bond, chemical bond, shackle, adhesiveness, hamper, alliance, adhesion, trammel, attachment

2. bond, bond certificatenoun

   a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal

   Synonyms:
   bail, bond certificate, bond paper, adherence, bail bond, chemical bond, shackle, adhesiveness, hamper, alliance, adhesion, trammel, attachment

3. alliance, bondnoun

   a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

   "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them"

   Synonyms:
   alinement, bail bond, bond certificate, adhesiveness, adherence, shackle, hamper, alliance, bond paper, adhesion, attachment, confederation, bail, chemical bond, trammel, coalition, alignment

4. bail, bail bond, bondnoun

   (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

   "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman"

   Synonyms:
   bail, bond certificate, bond paper, adherence, bail bond, chemical bond, shackle, adhesiveness, hamper, alliance, adhesion, trammel, attachment

5. shackle, bond, hamper, trammelnoun

   a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

   Synonyms:
   bail, bond certificate, bond paper, adherence, bail bond, chemical bond, shackle, adhesiveness, hamper, alliance, adhesion, trammel, trammel net, attachment

6. attachment, bondnoun

   a connection that fastens things together

   Synonyms:
   bail bond, bond certificate, adhesiveness, affixation, fastening, adherence, shackle, hamper, alliance, fond regard, bond paper, adhesion, attachment, bail, chemical bond, trammel

7. bond, bond papernoun

   a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents

   Synonyms:
   bail, bond certificate, bond paper, adherence, bail bond, chemical bond, shackle, adhesiveness, hamper, alliance, adhesion, trammel, attachment

8. Bond, Julian Bondnoun

   United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)

   Synonyms:
   bail, bond certificate, bond paper, adherence, bail bond, chemical bond, shackle, adhesiveness, hamper, alliance, adhesion, trammel, attachment

9. Bond, James Bondnoun

   British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

   Synonyms:
   bail, bond certificate, bond paper, adherence, bail bond, chemical bond, shackle, adhesiveness, hamper, alliance, adhesion, trammel, attachment

10. adhesiveness, adhesion, adherence, bondverb

    the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition

    "the mutual adhesiveness of cells"; "a heated hydraulic press was required for adhesion"

    Synonyms:
    bail, bond certificate, bond paper, adherence, hamper, bail bond, chemical bond, shackle, adhesiveness, attachment, adhesion, trammel, alliance

11. adhere, hold fast, bond, bind, stick, stick toverb

    stick to firmly

    "Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?"

    Synonyms:
    stand by, stupefy, stick by, baffle, attach, perplex, tie up, cleave, get, mystify, bandage, flummox, cling, bind, cohere, truss, stick around, constipate, nonplus, beat, draw together, stick, dumbfound, adhere, follow, obligate, lodge, sting, hold fast, tie, oblige, deposit, amaze, tie down, stick to, stay put, gravel, stay, bewilder, wedge, vex, pose, stick with, hold, puzzle, bring together

12. bind, tie, attach, bondverb

    create social or emotional ties

    "The grandparents want to bond with the child"

    Synonyms:
    confiscate, connect, draw together, tie down, stick, hold fast, marry, sequester, obligate, stick to, attach, truss, tie, draw, hold, tie up, impound, wed, splice, link, bind, bandage, constipate, bring together, adhere, link up, seize, oblige

13. bondverb

    issue bonds on

    Synonyms:
    stick to, tie, stick, attach, adhere, bring together, draw together, hold fast, bind

14. bond, bring together, draw togetherverb

    bring together in a common cause or emotion

    "The death of their child had drawn them together"

    Synonyms:
    stick to, tie, stick, attach, adhere, bring together, join, draw together, hold fast, bind

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   • Civil Rights Leader
   • Connection
   • Criminal Law
   • Fictional Character
   • Mortgage
   • Recognizance
   • Restraint
   • Writing Paper

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bondnoun

   Synonyms:
   band, ligature, cord, chain, FETTER

2. bondnoun

   Synonyms:
   obligation, compact

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1. bondadjective

   Synonyms:
   captive, enslaved

2. bondnoun

   Synonyms:
   band, tie, vinculum, copula, shackles, manacles, fetters, constraint, imprisonment, captivity, bondage, restraint, obligation

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1. List of paraphrases for "bond":

   bonds, link, surety, bail, obligations, liaison, bono, leap, bonding, suretyship, linkage, ticket, notes, obligation, jump, adhesion, treasuries, conjunction, deposit, securities, binding, affair, links, obligor

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1. List of known nicknames for "Bond":

   Radosław Bednarz

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1. Robert Parkes:

   We think they will deliver quantitative easing (bond buying) in the first quarter, and that will offer support to European stocks.

2. Anna Martinez:

   Daniel Craig is a British cultural icon as is James Bond, the man James Bond has portrayed in five 007 films.

3. Wilhelm von Humboldt:

   The sensual and spiritual are linked together by a mysterious bond, sensed by our emotions, though hidden from our eyes. To this double nature of the visible and invisible world -- to the profound longing for the latter, coupled with the feeling of the sweet necessity for the former, we owe all sound and logical systems of philosophy, truly based on the immutable principles of our nature, just as from the same source arise the most senseless enthusiasms.

4. David Bahnsen:

   Overall value-type stocks probably do better than growth, on the margin, if they’re going to go get another $1 trillion and push bond yields higher and the slope of the yield curve steeper, banks are going to benefit.

5. Abby Wambach:

   I think that in order to win a World Cup we all have to give up a little bit of our own selves to be able to do that and I think checking your ego at the door is probably one of the biggest and important keys to winning a world championship, we have some stars, but I think it's going to be important that no matter who is on the field that we've created a bond and a chemistry that is unwavering and something we can hold on to throughout the World Cup.