bounds

• POS: Noun, Noun Plural

CIDE DICTIONARY

bounds, n. 

•  the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something; as, the fotball was caught out of bounds.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  the greatest possible extent or degree of something.  [WordNet 1.5]

ROGET THESAURUS

bounds

Outline

N outline, circumference, perimeter, periphery, ambit, circuit, lines tournure, contour, profile, silhouette, bounds, coast line, zone, belt, girth, band, baldric, zodiac, girdle, tyre, cingle, clasp, girt, cordon, circlet.

Limit

N limit, boundary, bounds, confine, enclave, term, bourn, verge, curbstone, but, pale, reservation, termination, terminus, stint, frontier, precinct, marches, backwoods, boundary line, landmark, line of demarcation, line of circumvallation, pillars of Hercules, Rubicon, turning point, ne plus ultra, sluice, floodgate, definite, conterminate, conterminable, terminal, frontier, bordering, thus far, thus far and no further, stick to the reservation, go beyond the pale, Special.