Synonyms of handcuffing

handcuffing

verb

present participle of handcuff

1

as in tying

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains

wanted to take the trip, but was handcuffed by her responsibility to watch her ailing father

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tying
• tieing
• binding
• hampering
• shackling
• chaining
• confining
• pinioning
• constraining
• fettering
• lashing
• attaching
• trammelling
• enchaining
• securing
• linking
• restricting
• trammeling
• gyving
• enfettering
• limiting
• hindering
• impeding
• manacling
• hobbling
• hog-tying
• curbing
• trussing
• ironing
• fastening
• bitting
• joining
• tangling
• entangling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeing
• rescuing
• releasing
• liberating
• emancipating
• unshackling
• loosing
• untying
• unbinding
• undoing
• unfettering
• unfastening
• detaching
• untangling
• disengaging
• untieing

2

as in impeding

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

the fear that the new mandatory, standardized tests will handcuff the state's teachers, who will have to specifically tailor their lesson plans for the test

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impeding
• hampering
• hindering
• obstructing
• embarrassing
• handicapping
• inhibiting
• shackling
• delaying
• restraining
• disrupting
• hobbling
• stymieing
• interfering (with)
• fettering
• constraining
• hog-tying
• cramping
• encumbering
• clogging
• blocking
• tying
• tieing up
• tying up
• tieing
• holding back
• short-circuiting
• thwarting
• trammelling
• curbing
• arresting
• trammeling
• frustrating
• chaining
• barricading
• stifling
• binding
• reining
• manacling
• checking
• leashing
• strangling
• balking
• retaining
• giving a hard time
• retarding
• braking
• cramping one's style
• tethering
• blockading
• holding up
• confining
• choking
• sabotaging
• baffling
• foiling
• smothering
• muzzling
• roadblocking
• haltering
• derailing
• suffocating
• bogging (down)
• repressing
• stumping
• miring
• suppressing
• hedging (in)
• hemming (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisting
• helping
• aiding
• facilitating
• opening
• clearing
• freeing
• releasing
• liberating
• loosening
• promoting
• unplugging
• untying
• smoothing
• encouraging
• unclogging
• making way
• unstopping
• furthering
• untieing