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anchored

verb , past tense of anchor

Synonyms and Antonyms of anchored

1 to put securely in place or in a desired position

used ropes and sandbags to anchor the hot-air balloon to the ground

Synonyms of anchored

caught, clamped, fastened, fixed, hitched, moored, secured, set

Words Related to anchored

embedded (also imbedded), entrenched (also intrenched), implanted, ingrained (also engrained), lodged, stuffed, wedged

Near Antonyms of anchored

extracted, pried, prized, pulled, rooted (out), tore (out), uprooted, wrested, yanked

Antonyms of anchored

loosed, loosened, unfastened, unfixed, unloosed, unloosened

2 to stop at or near a place along the shore

we'll anchor at Praia, Cape Verde

Synonyms of anchored

Words Related to anchored

berthed, moored, tied up

beached, grounded

arrived, reached, showed up, turned up

debarked, disembarked

Phrases Synonymous with anchored

Near Antonyms of anchored

embarked, launched, sailed

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