REBOUND
Dictionary entry overview: What does rebound mean?
• REBOUND (noun)
The noun REBOUND has 3 senses:
1. a movement back from an impact
2. a reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration
3. the act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot
Familiarity information: REBOUND used as a noun is uncommon.
• REBOUND (verb)
The verb REBOUND has 2 senses:
1. spring back; spring away from an impact
2. return to a former condition
Familiarity information: REBOUND used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• REBOUND (noun)
Meaning:
A movement back from an impact
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
backlash; rebound; repercussion; recoil
Hypernyms ("rebound" is a kind of...):
motion; movement (a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rebound"):
bounce; bouncing (rebounding from an impact (or series of impacts))
resilience; resiliency (an occurrence of rebounding or springing back)
carom; ricochet (a glancing rebound)
Meaning:
A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
he is still on the rebound from his wife's death
Hypernyms ("rebound" is a kind of...):
reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some foregoing stimulus or agent)
Meaning:
The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("rebound" is a kind of...):
catch; grab; snap; snatch (the act of catching an object with the hands)
Holonyms ("rebound" is a part of...):
basketball; basketball game; hoops (a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal hoop)
• REBOUND (verb)
Meaning:
Spring back; spring away from an impact
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
ricochet; rebound; bounce; take a hop; resile; recoil; spring; bound; reverberate
Context examples:
The rubber ball bounced / These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Hypernyms (to "rebound" is one way to...):
bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "rebound"):
kick; kick back; recoil (spring back, as from a forceful thrust)
bound off; skip (bound off one point after another)
carom; glance (rebound after hitting)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Return to a former condition
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
rebound; rally
Context examples:
The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends / The stock market rallied
Hypernyms (to "rebound" is one way to...):
go back; recover; recuperate (regain a former condition after a financial loss)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Sentence examples:
The stock market is going to rebound
The business is going to rebound
