bound by

ADJECTIVE

subject

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accountable apt conditional dependent exposed inferior liable likely prone secondary sensitive susceptible vulnerable

STRONG

captive collateral contingent controlled directed disposed enslaved governed open ruled satellite sub subaltern subjugated subordinate tributary

WEAK

at one's feet in danger of obedient provisional servile slavish submissive subservient substract tentative under

Antonyms

STRONGEST

first-class first-rate guarded inapt independent irresponsible protected safe superior unaccountable unlikely unsusceptible

STRONG

certain chief definite free primary sure

WEAK

master

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bound by

The same should be true for super PACs and other outside groups, which remain bound by coordination restrictions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026

Each new segment of the city he rides is generally a rectangle bound by major streets.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026

But, as he continues to captivate a nation on the tournament's centre stage, just a short walk from where he grew up, this Fery-tale run does not appear bound by precedent.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

It is alarming that we live in a moment of widespread ignorance that CPS caseworkers, like all fallible government officials, are bound by the Constitution.

From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026

We’d been together too long, bound by secrets we could never share with anyone else.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

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