Bound

[lightning_rose]

"Bound" is an interesting word. Among it's meanings are "leap", "jump", or "spring". It can also mean "bind" or "tie"; thus making "bound" it's own antonym.

Can anyone think of any other words that are their own antonym?

http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=bound

Comments

[drdoug]

There are loads of lists of these on the web - have a search for "autoantonyms" or "self-antonyms"

Re: thanks drdoug!

[lightning_rose]

I notice that only the second list includes "bound". :)

[ubykhlives]

While it's only a phonetic homonymy, not orthographic as well, there's the pair raise and raze.