BOUND Synonyms

• not invading healthy tissue

• not free to move about

• being in captivity

• lacking spontaneity; not natural

• headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'

• (usually followed by `to') governed by fate

• having been learned or found or determined especially by investigation

• characterized by great determination

• devoting full strength and concentrated attention to

• determined or decided upon as by an authority

• strongly motivated to succeed

• (usually followed by `to') determined by tragic fate

• small in range or scope

• public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops

• subject to limits or subjected to limits

• including only a part

• mediocre

• not excessive

• having a specific function or scope

• not unlimited

• caused by law or conscience to follow a certain course

• under a moral obligation to do something

• subject to restriction or subjected to restriction

• restricted in meaning; (as e.g. `man' in `a tall man')

• the lowest level of official classification for documents

• having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

• certain to occur; destined or inevitable

• definitely or positively (`sure' is sometimes used informally for `surely')

• exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance

• physically secure or dependable

• reliable in operation or effect

• (of persons) worthy of trust or confidence

• infallible or unfailing

• certain not to fail

• impossible to doubt or dispute

• fastened with strings or cords

• closed with a lace

• bound or secured closely

• bound together by or as if by a strong rope; especially as by a bond of affection

• of the score in a contest

• force somebody to do something

• necessitate or exact

• neckwear consisting of a long narrow piece of material worn (mostly by men) under a collar and tied in knot at the front

• a social or business relationship

• equality of score in a contest

• a horizontal beam used to prevent two other structural members from spreading apart or separating

• a fastener that serves to join or connect

• the finish of a contest in which the score is tied and the winner is undecided

• (music) a slur over two notes of the same pitch; indicates that the note is to be sustained for their combined time value

• one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

• a cord (or string or ribbon or wire etc.) with which something is tied

• fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord

• finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.

• limit or restrict to

• connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces

• form a knot or bow in

• create social or emotional ties

• perform a marriage ceremony

• make by tying pieces together

• unite musical notes by a tie

• a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body

• wrap around with something so as to cover or enclose

• dress by covering or binding

• restricted to a particular condition of life

• force somebody to do something

• commit in order to fulfill an obligation

• bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted

• 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)

• an electrical force linking atoms

• British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming

• 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

• a connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest

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

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

• a connection that fastens things together

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

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

• stick to firmly

• create social or emotional ties

• issue bonds on

• bring together in a common cause or emotion

• a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

• clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

• clothing in general

• suitable for formal occasions

• (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes

• put on clothes

• provide with clothes or put clothes on

• put a finish on

• dress in a certain manner

• dress or groom with elaborate care

• kill and prepare for market or consumption

• arrange in ranks

• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

• provide with decoration

• put a dressing on

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width

• convert into leather

• apply a bandage or medication to

• give a neat appearance to

• arrange attractively

• cause to be firmly attached

• become fixed or fastened

• attach to

• make tight or tighter

• a shackle for the ankles or feet

• restrain with fetters