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bound has 26 distinct synonyms spread across 12 of its 17 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. Its 2 recorded opposites are unbound, free.
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.
confined by bonds
“bound and gagged hostages”
held with another element, substance or material in chemical or physical union
secured with a cover or binding; often used as a combining form
“bound volumes”
headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
“children bound for school”
bound by contract
2 of the 17 recorded senses carry no synonym, antonym or related term, so they are not shown above. Every sense, with its definition and examples, is on the full entry for bound.
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for bound come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something
the greatest possible degree of something
“what he did was beyond the bounds of acceptable behavior”