| Main Entry: | trammel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hamper |
Synonyms: |
bridle, check, clog, cramp, curb, disrupt, encumber, fetter, frustrate, hamstring, handcuff, hinder, hobble, impede, manacle, obstruct, restrain, restrict, retard, shackle, tether, thwart, tie |
Antonyms: |
aid, assist, help, support |
| Main Entry: | trammel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trap |
Synonyms: |
bind, catch, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, snare |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, release |
| Main Entry: | bar |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | secure, usually with a length of material |
Synonyms: |
barricade, block, blockade, bolt, caulk, clog, close, dam, deadbolt, dike, fasten, fence, jam, latch, lock, plug, seal, secure, trammel, wall |
Antonyms: |
loosen, open, unfasten |
| 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: | bridle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restraining device |
Synonyms: |
check, control, curb, deterrent, hackamore, halter, headstall, leash, rein, restraint, trammels |
| Notes: | bridal relates to a bride or a marriage ceremony while a bridle is a harness |
| 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: | circumscribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mark off, delimit |
Synonyms: |
bar, bound, confine, define, delineate, demarcate, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, girdle, hamper, hem in, limit, nail down, outline, prelimit, restrain, restrict, surround, trammel |
Antonyms: |
free, loose, open |
| 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: | confinement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imprisonment; restriction |
Synonyms: |
bonds, bounding, bounds, check, circumscription, coercion, constrainment, constraint, control, cramp, curb, custody, delimitation, detention, immuration, incarceration, internment, jail, keeping, limitation, repression, safekeeping, trammels |
Antonyms: |
freedom, liberation |