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rebound

noun

1 rebound

A movement back from an impact.

synonyms: backlash, recoil, repercussion.

Roget 277: recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration; kick, contrecoup [Fr.]; springing back etc. v.; ... show more

2 rebound

A reaction to a crisis or setback or frustration.

3 rebound

The act of securing possession of the rebounding basketball after a missed shot.

Polish: zbiĆ³rka

verb

1 rebound

Spring back; spring away from an impact.

synonyms: bounce, bound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop.

Roget 277: recoil, react; spring back, fly back, bounce back, bound back; rebound, reverberate, repercuss, recalcitrate; echo, ricochet.   

Roget 283: recede, regrade, return, revert, retreat, retire; retrograde, retrocede; back out; back down; balk; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [Slang]; withdraw; ... show more

Dutch: veren, zwiepen

2 rebound

Return to a former condition.

synonym: rally.


Moby thesaurus: adaptability, backfire, backlash, backlashing, be reflected, be sent back, boom, boomerang, booming, bounce, bounce back, bounciness, bound, bound back, buoyance, buoyancy, cannon, cannon off, carom, comeback ... show more.

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