bounds

Other forms of bounds

plural

boundses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bounds

What does bounds mean?

bounds means "the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something".

How many syllables are in bounds?

bounds has 1 syllable: bounds. In IPA it is /ˈbaʊndz/.

What is another word for bounds?

Close synonyms include boundary, bound. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bounds a common word?

bounds is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.