| Main Entry: | fetter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tie up, hold |
Synonyms: |
bind, chain, check, clog, confine, cuff, curb, drag feet, encumber, hamper, hamstring, handcuff, hang up, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold captive, leash, manacle, put straitjacket on, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, throw monkey wrench in, trammel |
| Notes: | a manacle (handcuff shackle) comes from Latin manus 'hand'; the ankle counterpart is fetter |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, loose, loosen, release |
| Main Entry: | fetters |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bindings; bondage |
Synonyms: |
bilboes, bonds, captivity, chains, check, cuffs, curb, handcuffs, hindrance, irons, manacles, obstruction, restraint, shackles, trammels |
| Main Entry: | bind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fasten, secure |
Synonyms: |
adhere, attach, bandage, border, chain, cinch, clamp, connect, constrict, cover, dress, edge, encase, enchain, enfetter, fetter, finish, fix, fold, furl, glue, hamper, handcuff, hem, hitch, hitch on, hobble, hook on, hook up, lace, lap, lash, leash, manacle, moor, muzzle, paste, peg down, pin, pin down, pinion, put together, restrain, restrict, rope, shackle, stick, strap, swathe, tack on, tether, tie, tie up, trammel, trim, truss, unite, wrap, yoke |
Antonyms: |
free, loose, loosen, release, set free, unbind, unfasten, untie |
| Main Entry: | bond |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | binder or fastener |
Synonyms: |
band, binding, chain, connection, cord, fastening, fetter, gunk, handcuff, hookup, irons, ligature, link, linkage, manacle, network, nexus, rope, shackle, stickum, tie, tie-in, wire |
| Main Entry: | chain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connected metal links; jewelry made of such links |
Synonyms: |
bond, bracelet, cable, clinker, connection, coupling, fetter, iron, lavaliere, link, locket, manacle, pendant, shackle, trammel |
| Main Entry: | chain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manacle in metal |
Synonyms: |
attach, bind, confine, connect, enslave, fetter, handcuff, hold, moor, restrain, shackle, tether, tie up, trammel |
| Main Entry: | clog |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | block, hinder |
Synonyms: |
burden, choke, close, congest, curb, dam up, encumber, entrammel, fetter, fill, glut, hamper, impede, jam, leash, obstruct, occlude, plug, seal, shackle, stop up, stopper, stuff, tie, trammel |
Antonyms: |
clear, free, open, unblock, unclog, unencumber, unstop |
| Main Entry: | curb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repress, restrict |
Synonyms: |
abstain, bit, bottle up, box in, bridle, bring to screeching halt, check, clog, constrain, contain, control, cook*, cool down, cool off, deny, entrammel, fetter, hamper, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold back, hold down, hold in, ice*, impede, inhibit, keep lid on, keep tight rein on, leash, manacle, moderate, muzzle, refrain, rein in, restrain, retard, scrub, send up, shackle, subdue, suppress, tame, tie, tie up, withhold |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, encourage, foster, help |
| Main Entry: | enslave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone a servant |
Synonyms: |
bind, capture, chain, check, circumscribe, coerce, compel, confine, deprive, disenfranchise, disfranchise, dominate, enchain, enclose, enthrall, fetter, get hooks into, hobble, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, indenture, jail, keep under thumb, oppress, put in irons, reduce, restrain, restrict, secure, shackle, shut in, subdue, subject, subjugate, suppress, tether, tie, yoke |
Antonyms: |
allow, emancipate, free, let go, liberate |
| Main Entry: | entangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | involve, mix up |
Synonyms: |
bewilder, burden, catch, clog, come on, complicate, compromise, confuse, corner, dishevel, duke in, embarrass, embrangle, embroil, enchain, enmesh, ensnare, entrap, fetter, hamper, hook, impede, implicate, intertangle, intertwine, interweave, jumble, knot, lead on, mat, muddle, perplex, puzzle, ravel, rope in, set up, snag, snare, snarl, swindle, tangle, trammel, trap, twist, unsettle |
Antonyms: |
disentangle, exclude, explain, untangle, untwist |