rebound

Speech parts

1. rebound - Noun

2. rebound - Verb

Meaning

To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo.

To bound again or repeatedly, as a horse.

To send back; to reverberate.

The act of rebounding; resilience.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ricochet spring recoil return bound recovery recover rally bounce resurgence backlash carom reverberate repercussion comeback
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Antonyms

get develop advance decline destroy expand
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Hypernyms

movement response motion reaction spring bound

Hyponyms

ricochet kick bounce recoil skip resilience

Phrases with the word

continental rebound isostatic rebound rebound off

Anagrams

bounder unbored unorbed unrobed

Examples

Each one an antidote to the one that went before. Each one a reaction, an about-face, a rebound. Erica Jong

The world of visual perspective is one of unified and homogeneous space. Such a world is alien to the resonating diversity of spoken words. So language was the last art to accept the visual logic of Gutenberg technology, and the first to rebound in the electric age. Marshall McLuhan

My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn't have happened. It was a whirlwind, rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 - a baby. Carol Vorderman

When I come off the bench, I'm looking to add energy, and then I play defense and rebound. Also, at the end of the game, I have the experience to go out there and help us win. Sue Wicks

These are my new shoes. They're good shoes. They won't make you rich like me, they won't make you rebound like me, they definitely won't make you handsome like me. They'll only make you have shoes like me. That's it. Charles Barkley

It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time. Lord Byron

Close letter words and terms

rebottler rebottom rebounce rebound congestion rebound effect rebound exercise