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bond has 23 distinct synonyms spread across 13 of its 14 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
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
“the shifting alliances within a large family”
(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a superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
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)
British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
“the mutual adhesiveness of cells”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for bond come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
bring together in a common cause or emotion
“The death of their child had drawn them together”