Need another word that means the same as “rebound”? Find 26 synonyms and 30 related words for “rebound” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Rebound” are: bounce, bound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop, rally, bounce back, spring back, boomerang, glance, recover, pick up, make a recovery, make a comeback, misfire on, have an adverse effect on, have unwelcome repercussions for, come back on, be self-defeating for, cause one to be hoist with one's own petard, backlash, repercussion
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rebound” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| backlash | A movement back from an impact. There was a backlash of intolerance. |
| recoil | The action of recoiling. His body jerked with the recoil of the rifle. |
| repercussion | A remote or indirect consequence of some action. His declaration had unforeseen repercussions. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rebound” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| be self-defeating for | To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form. |
| boomerang | Return to the initial position from where it came like a boomerang. Misleading consumers about quality will eventually boomerang on a car maker. |
| bounce | Hit something so that it bounces. The ball bounced away and he chased it. |
| bounce back | Eject from the premises. |
| bound | Move forward by leaps and bounds. Shares bounded ahead in early dealing. |
| cause one to be hoist with one's own petard | Give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally. |
| come back on | Come under, be classified or included. |
| glance | Throw a glance at take a brief look at. She only glanced at the paper. |
| have an adverse effect on | Serve oneself to, or consume regularly. |
| have unwelcome repercussions for | Receive willingly something given or offered. |
| make a comeback | Earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages. |
| make a recovery | Form by assembling individuals or constituents. |
| misfire on | Fail to fire or detonate. |
| pick up | Look for and gather. |
| rally | Drive in a rally. We re driving off to Spain to rally. |
| recoil | Spring back; spring away from an impact. He recoiled in horror. |
| recover | Get or find back recover the use of. Recover a chair. |
| resile | Return to the original position or state after being stretched or compressed. The rubber tubes resile. |
| reverberate | Treat, process, heat, melt, or refine in a reverberatory furnace. The hall reverberated with laughter. |
| ricochet | Appear to move with a series of ricochets. They fired off a couple of rounds ricocheting the bullets against a wall. |
| spring | Move rapidly or suddenly from a constrained position by or as if by the action of a spring. Madness and creativity could spring from the same source. |
| spring back | Spring back spring away from an impact. |
| take a hop | Receive willingly something given or offered. |
| ambush | Hunt quarry by stalking and ambushing. Tory representatives were ambushed by camera crews. |
| backlash | Recoil arising between parts of a mechanism. Typical gearbox backlash in these systems is 2. |
| ball | Form into a ball by winding or rolling. Play ball. |
| bounce | Hit something so that it bounces. The government should beware being bounced into any ill considered foreign gamble. |
| bumpy | Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements. The car jolted on the bumpy road. |
| cower | Crouch down in fear. Children cowered in terror as the shoot out erupted. |
| creep | (of a plastic solid) undergo gradual deformation under stress. The mines were unworkable because of creep. |
| cringe | Show submission or fear. I cringed at the fellow s stupidity. |
| duck | A female duck. Before he could duck another stone struck him. |
| far | At or to or from a great distance in space. The far reaches of the universe. |
| flinch | An act of flinching. Don t call me that he said with a flinch. |
| forth | From a particular thing or place or position forth is obsolete. From that time forth. |
| further | To or at a greater distance in time or space farther is used more frequently than further in this physical sense. They are further along in their research than we expected. |
| hop | The act of hopping jumping upward or forward especially on one foot. The society s regular fortnightly hop. |
| huddle | Crowd or draw together. He controls the huddle and the team better than anybody else. |
| jump | Jump down from an elevated point. She will make a sponsored jump at Thruxton Airfield. |
| leap | The distance leaped or to be leaped. Amid the notes a couple of items leap out. |
| outside | Coming from the outside. Anne put the outside lights on. |
| pounce | The act of pouncing. The paper pounced on her admission that she is still a member of CND. |
| provoke | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur. A teacher can provoke you into working harder. |
| recoil | The action of recoiling. If man upsets his planetary ecosystem it will automatically recoil upon him. |
| resurface | Put a new coating on or re-form (a surface, especially a road. I helped my mother to resurface the kitchen floor. |
| shrink | A psychiatrist. The metal is unsuitable for shrinking on to wooden staves. |
| skip | Cause to skip over a surface. Marian skipped half heartedly through the book. |
| skulk | Move stealthily. The skulk howls away into the night. |
| slide | Slide guitar. Use an ice axe to halt a slide on ice and snow. |
| spring | Spring back spring away from an impact. We decided to spring a surprise on them. |
| swoop | Seize or catch with a swooping motion. She swooped up the hen in her arms. |
| waylay | Stop or interrupt (someone) and detain them in conversation or trouble them in some other way. He waylaid me on the stairs. |
| wince | Draw back, as with fear or pain. She winced when she heard his pompous speech. |
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