ATTACHED Synonyms: 185 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ə-ˈtacht

Definition of attached

as in inclined

having a liking or affection was rather attached to her old stuffed animals

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verb

past tense of attach

as in affixed

to cause (something) to hold to another you can attach the buttons to the puppet with fabric glue

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as in appointed

to pick (someone) by one's authority for a specific position or duty attached the colonel to the new regiment

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as in confiscated

to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority attached the house for nonpayment of property taxes

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Recent Examples of attached

Adjective

Upon passing through a deep portico entryway abutting an attached two-car garage, a vaulted reception gallery sits beneath a prominent glass atrium. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026 Dragon will stay attached to the ISS for about a month, then head back down to Earth with scientific experiments and other hardware. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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Nearly 700 pieces of the recovered mail concerned a local race between two candidates, an Office of Inspector General special agent wrote in an affidavit attached to the criminal complaint. — Michael McGough, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026 Over the following weekend, 14 titles, most of them theatrical features, screened at three Ikebukuro cinemas, with cast and crew talk sessions attached to four of them. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for attached

Recent Examples of Synonyms for attached

Adjective

Younger and middle-aged elites are also less inclined to put up with the careers and sacrifices the state has historically presented as honorable.

— Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
There’s a performance aspect to reality television, to people who are politically inclined.

— Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of inclined

Verb

The bag also features spiked accents and a pouch affixed to the side.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Under a rerouting plan, original power lines were moved north, erected next to existing infrastructure, or affixed with visual warning systems or bird diverters.

— Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of affixed

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Then last month, Kwan appointed former Rwandan Minister of State for Infrastructure Jean de Dieu Uwihanganye as RFO’s principal of emerging markets and business development to drive investment flows between Asia and Africa.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
He was appointed by Commissioner Richard Lara to serve on the city’s charter review committee and recently resigned from the city’s planning and zoning board to run for office.

— Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of appointed

Adjective

Liverpool have fond memories of facing Chelsea in this competition.

— Gregg Evans, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2026
Beneath the spy plots, then, is a fond portrait of a group of people held in perpetual disgrace for their shortcomings, and thus forced to find individual paths to redemption.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of fond

Verb

Europe bets on unseasonable warmth Peter Taylor, head of commodity desk strategy at Macquarie, said Europe is essentially betting on a warm winter, a stance tied to the El Niño climate event.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
Organizers tied the showcase to the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Nepal and Japan, and said it is meant to deepen links between the two cities.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of tied

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Over the course of her long career, Curtis, 67, has developed a lengthy résumé in film and television, winning numerous accolades along the way, including an Oscar and an Emmy (she’s been nominated for a Grammy too — there’s still time for an EGOT).

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Even = Paweł Pawlikowski, Fatherland Having been previously nominated for Cold War, Pawlikowski comes into the season sporting a Best Director prize from Cannes for his spartan postwar travelogue.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of nominated

Adjective

Identifying red blood cells in dinosaurs The fossil is a partial hind limb of Aratasaurus museunacionali, a theropod dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous.

— Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2026
With more cars equipped with partial automation hitting the road, safety researchers are growing increasingly worried about driver attention and the potential for these systems to cause crashes.

— Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 2 Nov. 2026