Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of unbind
- Not bound.
- not comparableNot obligated.
Near-synonyms: unconstrained, unrestrained, unencumbered; unfettered, fetterless
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The terms of the contract inadvertently left certain unbound aspects to subjective interpretation.
Synonyms: unconstrained, unrestrained, unencumbered, unfettered, fetterless
- not comparableNot tied up.
The hostages' hands were left unbound.
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Near-synonyms: unfettered, fetterless, unrestrained, unchained, unshackled, shackleless, unmanacled, unhandcuffed
Synonyms: unfettered, fetterless, unrestrained, unchained, unshackled, shackleless, unmanacled, unhandcuffed
- not comparableWithout a binding.
an unbound book
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Beneath an old ebony table were two long carved oak chests. I lifted the lid of one, and at the top was a once-white surplice covered with dust, and beneath was a mass of tracts — Commonwealth Quartos, unbound — a prey to worms and decay.
1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 40 - not comparablenuclear physicsLying beyond the proton or neutron drip line; having a negative particle separation energy; capable of decaying by the spontaneous exothermic emission of one or more nucleons.
Helium-2 is unbound, as it is energetically favorable for it to split into two separate protons.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot obligated.
adjectiveNot tied up.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot restrained or tied down by bonds
adjectivenot held in chemical or physical combination
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian несвързан, свободен
- несвързан (nesvărzan)not bound or tied up
- свободен (svoboden)not bound or tied up
- неподвързан (nepodvărzan)without a binding
Dutch ontbond, ontbonden
- ontbondsimple past of "to unbind"
- ontbondensimple past of "to unbind"
- ontbondenpast participle of "to unbind"
German ungebunden
- ungebundennot bound or tied up
Japanese とじていない
- とじていない (tojiteinai)past participle of "to unbind"
Latin solūtus
- solūtusnot bound or tied up
Swedish obunden
- obundennot bound or tied up
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with unbound
Cite this entry
unbound. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbound
“unbound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbound. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbound,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbound.
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