Synonyms for bounce
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1. bounceverb

   A talent for leaping.

   Them pro-ballers got bounce!

   Synonyms:
   mad ups, ups

2. bouncenoun

   Synonyms:
   bob, bobbing, bouncing

3. bounceverb

   To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.

   The tennis ball bounced off the wall before coming to rest in the ditch.

   Synonyms:
   rebound, bounce back

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. bounce, bouncinessnoun

   the quality of a substance that is able to rebound

   Synonyms:
   leaping, saltation, bounciness, spring, bound, bouncing, leap

   Antonyms:
   clear

2. leap, leaping, spring, saltation, bound, bouncenoun

   a light, self-propelled movement upwards or forwards

   Synonyms:
   dancing, bounciness, dance, fountain, bounds, edge, terpsichore, give, bound, springiness, springtime, spring, leap, saltation, natural spring, boundary, leaping, bouncing, outpouring, limit, outflow, jump

   Antonyms:
   clear

3. bounce, bouncingverb

   rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts)

   Synonyms:
   leaping, saltation, bounciness, spring, bound, bouncing, leap

   Antonyms:
   clear

4. bounce, resile, take a hop, spring, bound, rebound, recoil, reverberate, ricochetverb

   spring back; spring away from an impact

   "The rubber ball bounced"; "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"

   Synonyms:
   spring, forswear, rally, throttle, echo, quail, restrict, funk, ring, abjure, trammel, retract, take form, backfire, flinch, form, wince, ricochet, shrink, recoil, border, resound, cringe, rebound, reflect, backlash, confine, leap, restrain, squinch, reverberate, jump, take a hop, kick back, resile, bound, limit, kick, take shape, jounce, recant

   Antonyms:
   clear

5. bounceverb

   hit something so that it bounces

   "bounce a ball"

   Synonyms:
   recoil, bound, resile, take a hop, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, jounce

   Antonyms:
   clear

6. bounce, jounceverb

   move up and down repeatedly

   Synonyms:
   recoil, bound, resile, take a hop, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, jounce

   Antonyms:
   clear

7. bounceverb

   come back after being refused

   "the check bounced"

   Synonyms:
   recoil, bound, resile, take a hop, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, jounce

   Antonyms:
   clear

8. bounceverb

   leap suddenly

   "He bounced to his feet"

   Synonyms:
   recoil, bound, resile, take a hop, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, jounce

   Antonyms:
   clear

9. bounceverb

   refuse to accept and send back

   "bounce a check"

   Synonyms:
   recoil, bound, resile, take a hop, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, jounce

   Antonyms:
   clear

10. bounceverb

    eject from the premises

    "The ex-boxer's job is to bounce people who want to enter this private club"

    Synonyms:
    recoil, bound, resile, take a hop, spring, reverberate, ricochet, rebound, jounce

    Antonyms:
    clear

Matched Categories

1. • Eject
   • Elasticity
   • Hit
   • Jump
   • Refuse
   • Return

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bouncenoun

   Synonyms:
   knock, thump, sudden blow

2. bouncenoun

   Synonyms:
   bound, leap, jump, spring

3. bouncenoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] boast, vaunt, brag

4. bouncenoun

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] falsehood, lie, WHOPPER, bouncer

5. bounceverb

   Synonyms:
   bolt, leap or spring suddenly

6. bounceverb

   Synonyms:
   rebound, recoil

7. bounceverb

   Synonyms:
   knock, thump, beat

8. bounceverb

   Synonyms:
   thrust, drive against

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. bouncenoun

   Synonyms:
   bound, leap, rebound, spring, discharge, dismissal

2. bounceverb

   Synonyms:
   spring, bound, rebound, recoil, discharge, dismiss

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "bounce":

   rebound, jumpety-jump, jump, pounce

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1. Neil Shearing:

   We are getting some dollar weakness after a period of strength following the payrolls (data last week). If retail sales tomorrow are strong, that will cement expectations of a rate hike in September, and I suspect we will see a renewed dollar bounce and sell-off in emerging markets.

2. Chuck Carlson:

   The market was overdue for a bounce. Perhaps we're getting that now, i'd love to say we're onward and upward from here but I don't think things work that way.

3. Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun:

   Companies that had laid off staff and those that had abandoned projects are going back to sites and the economy will bounce back.

4. Tom Mitchell:

   Presenting a cost-benefit analysis on a hypothesis or a scenario is not something that gets ministers of finance with very pressed public budgets interested, they'd rather spend on something that brings them a bounce in terms of the votes they might win, and that tends to be focused on things like health, education and infrastructure.

5. Emily Thornberry:

   We need to be absolutely sure that we are not going to end up in a situation where the general election is used as a distraction whilst they (the government) by some cunning wheeze bounce us out of the European Union without a deal.