BOUNDER (bounder)

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Irregular inflected form: bounder   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bounder mean? 

• BOUNDER (noun)
  The noun BOUNDER has 2 senses:

1. someone who is morally reprehensible

2. someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)

  Familiarity information: BOUNDER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOUNDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who is morally reprehensible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

blackguard; bounder; cad; dog; heel; hound

Context example:

you dirty dog

Hypernyms ("bounder" is a kind of...):

scoundrel; villain (a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bounder"):

perisher (bounder)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who bounds or leaps (as in competition)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bounder; leaper

Hypernyms ("bounder" is a kind of...):

jumper (an athlete who competes at jumping)

Derivation:

bound (move forward by leaps and bounds)