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Synonyms for bound
Synonyms for bound: bandaged, destined and limit. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for bound
Interchangeable with bound in this sense
Audited under bound's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one bound carries in that sense.
- bandagedadjective, in the sense "covered or wrapped with a bandage"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name bound as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
The first group is filed under bound's own sense. The second reach bound from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside them is that word's.
covered or wrapped with a bandage
An injury bound in fresh gauze.
The true synonym
bandaged
Same sentence, swapped: An injury bandaged in fresh gauze.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- destined
- indentured
- joined
Where bound turns up in the game
bound is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 3, Ridgeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in seven other puzzles, where the answer is a different word entirely.
4 of the 7 puzzles where bound is the trap
- rangenoun, Tier 1, Foothills. The answer there is reach, in the sense "an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:", so bound is there to be ruled out.
- endnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is terminal, in the sense "either extremity of something that has length", so bound is there to be ruled out.
- fouladjective, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is dirty, in the sense "violating accepted standards or rules", and bound is on the board beside it.
- areanoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is expanse, in the sense "the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary", so bound is there to be ruled out.
Play bound
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so bound reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Sorted by difficulty rather than by topic, which is what an untagged word has to go on.
A reason under every answer, not just a right answer
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. bound carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.