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bind

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of bind

1 a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape

  • with our vacation week fast approaching, and no arrangements for the care of our pets, we were in a serious bind
Synonyms of bind

box, catch-22, corner, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jackpot [chiefly West], jam, mire, pickle, predicament, quagmire, rabbit hole, rattrap, spot, sticky wicket, swamp
Words Related to bind

difficulty, node

hot water, soup

pinch, plight, quandary, scrape, trouble

deadlock, halt, logjam, stalemate, standstill

clutch, crisis, crossroad, emergency, exigency, juncture, strait
Phrases Synonymous with bind

kettle of fish

2 something that physically prevents free movement

  • the store owner held the would-be burglar in a makeshift bind until the police officers could arrive
Synonyms of bind

band, bond, bracelet, chain, cuff(s), fetter, handcuff(s), irons, ligature, manacle(s), shackle
Words Related to bind

captivity, confinement, constraint, curb, enchainment, enslavement, hindrance, immurement, imprisonment, incarceration, restraint, restriction

entanglement, net, trammel, trap

collar, straitjacket (also straightjacket)

fastener, hobble, hold, hold-down, holding, tie

bind

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bind

1 to confine or restrain with or as if with chains

  • prisons tend to bind convicted criminals for transport
Synonyms of bind

chain, enchain, enfetter, fetter, gyve, handcuff, manacle, pinion, shackle, trammel
Words Related to bind

bit, hobble, hog-tie, iron, lash, secure, tie, truss

attach, fasten, join, link

confine, constrain, curb, hamper, hinder, impede

limit, restrict

entangle, tangle
Near Antonyms of bind

emancipate, free, liberate, loose, release, rescue

undo, unfasten, untangle, untie

detach, disengage
Antonyms of bind

unbind, unfetter, unshackle

2 to cover with a bandage

  • bind the wound to stop the bleeding
Synonyms of bind

bandage, dress, swathe
Words Related to bind

attend, care (for), doctor, medicate, minister (to), nurse, treat

cure, heal, mend, rehabilitate, remedy
Near Antonyms of bind

unbandage

3 to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord

  • bind the asparagus spears carefully before packing the bunches
Synonyms of bind

band, tie, truss
Words Related to bind

cinch, cord, rope, strap, thread, wire

gird, girt

lash, leash, tether

interlace, intertwine, interweave, lace

entangle, knot, snarl, tangle, twist

coil, wind
Near Antonyms of bind

undo, unfasten, unlace, unlash, unloose, unloosen, unstrap, unstring, unthread

unleash, untether

disentangle, unravel, unsnarl, untangle, untwine, untwist

uncoil, unspool, unwind
Antonyms of bind

unbind, untie

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