Synonyms of affixing

affixing

verb

present participle of affix

as in attaching

to cause (something) to hold to another

affix a first-class stamp to the envelope

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of affixing

In Wisconsin, the secretary of state is responsible for recording acts of the governor, affixing the great seal, keeping custody of state records, laws, books and more. —Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025

The other day, as the opera’s softball team, the Pitch Hitters, readied for an evening game in Central Park, a bespectacled, bearded opera employee stood on a red plastic box affixing a GoPro camera to the backstop. —Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025

Thanks to the emergence of thin and flexible circuitry capable of twisting, bending, and stretching, people are already affixing semiconductor circuits to their skin, wrapping them around the curved surfaces of a hand, an arm, a calf, or a torso. —IEEE Spectrum, 27 May 2021