Synonyms of fastening

fastening 1 of 2

noun

as in yoke

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yoke
• attachment
• cord
• linkage
• joint
• union
• tie
• cement
• connection
• bond
• ligature
• link
• hookup
• knot
• tie-up
• nexus
• linkup
• sympathy
• affection
• shackle
• fondness
• manacle
• restraint
• limit
• restriction
• limitation
• curb
• handcuff
• trammel
• constraint
• fetter
• hampering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• separation
• parting
• disengaging
• detaching
• untying
• unbinding
• unfastening
• freedom
• emancipation
• liberation
• release
• unfettering
• untieing

fastening

2 of 2

verb

present participle of fasten

1

as in attaching

to cause (something) to hold to another

use this paper clip to fasten your picture to the application form

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attaching
• affixing
• gluing
• tying
• glueing
• tieing
• bending
• strapping
• connecting
• clipping
• fixing
• clamping
• hanging
• adhering
• stapling
• latching
• cinching
• pinning
• clasping
• linking
• screwing
• lashing
• tacking
• sticking
• clinching
• clenching
• riveting
• harnessing
• nailing
• toggling
• bolting
• yoking
• pasting
• tackling
• plastering
• lacing
• shackling
• uniting
• refastening
• buttoning
• joining
• reattaching
• coapting
• hasping
• belaying
• battening
• resecuring
• refixing
• doing up
• reaffixing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unfastening
• detaching
• undoing
• unhooking
• splitting
• separating
• dividing
• severing
• disconnecting
• parting
• uncoupling
• dissociating
• divorcing
• loosening
• breaking up
• sundering
• loosing
• disjoining
• disjointing
• unlinking
• untying
• disuniting
• dissevering
• unyoking
• untieing
• unfixing
• unbinding
• unlashing

2

as in securing

to put securely in place or in a desired position

don't forget to fasten all the lines on your tent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• securing
• clamping
• anchoring
• hitching
• catching
• fixing
• mooring
• setting
• intrenching
• imbedding
• wedging
• embedding
• implanting
• lodging
• entrenching
• stuffing
• engraining
• ingraining

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unfastening
• loosening
• loosing
• pulling
• extracting
• tearing (out)
• unloosing
• prying
• unfixing
• unloosening
• yanking
• uprooting
• rooting (out)
• wresting
• prizing

3

as in focusing

to fix (as one's attention) steadily toward a central objective

if you could fasten your attention on one task for more than a minute, you just might get something done

Synonyms & Similar Words

• focusing
• concentrating
• riveting
• centering
• focussing
• training
• levelling
• nailing
• aiming
• pointing
• homing (in on)
• leveling
• directing
• zeroing (in on)
• attending
• obsessing (over)
• setting
• heeding
• honing in (on)
• fixating (on)
• refocusing
• minding