| Ironbound 1. (a.) Bound as with iron; rugged; as, an ironbound coast. 2. (a.) Rigid; unyielding; as, ironbound traditions. Thesaurus Entries asperous, bound, corrugated, cragged, craggy, crinkled, crumpled, dour, fettered, firm, fundamentalist, gravelly, hampered, handcuffed, hard, harsh, hidebound, impliable, in bonds, in chains, in irons, inexorable, inflexible, iron, ironclad, ironhanded, jagged, jaggy, manacled, muscle-bound, obdurate, obstinate, orthodox, procrustean, purist, puristic, puritan, puritanic, ragged, relentless, rigid, rigorist, rigoristic, rigorous, rockbound, rocky, rugged, rugose, rugous, saw-toothed, sawtooth, scabrous, scragged, scraggly, scraggy, serrate, serrated, shackled, snagged, snaggled, snaggy, stiff, stony, straightlaced, straitlaced, strapped, stubborn, tethered, tied, tied down, tied up, trammeled, unbending, uncompromising, uneven, unrelenting, unsmooth, unyielding, wrinkled |