CHAINED Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in caged

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chained

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verb

past tense of chain

as in bound

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains chaining up the dog in the backyard

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as in connected

to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole the prosecutor meticulously and brilliantly chained all the evidence together in his closing argument

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The Democrats wrote in a summary of the allegations that immigrants sleep while restrained with handcuffs, leg irons and belly chains, and even elderly people have been chained for 16 hours a day. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026 Apple is keeping up by enabling M5 Pro Mac minis to be chained together via Thunderbolt 5 to share their computational resources for larger AI models. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 Often, his sister said, Isaiah was kept chained up overnight as punishment and left to urinate or defecate on himself. — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 The other seats are all chained to the table for when Carrie sends everything in the room flying. — Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2026 Eight days later, Shelley’s body was found tied, taped in plastic and chained to concrete in the Trinity River. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026 Speaking to Morgan during an interview released on YouTube on Tuesday, British national Yiannopoulos, 41, recounted how his hands and feet were chained together with manacles. — Jack Guy, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026 At the same time, chained up in the back of a van, an uncharacteristic fatalism has overtaken Reacher. — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026 The agents chained together a series of vulnerabilities to reach the open web and eventually gained access to Hugging Face. — Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2026

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Adjective

Traveling with a coffin and a caged panther, Claire hasn’t come alone.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
The shoes are known for their intricate, cage-like strappy design featuring a high T-bar silhouette that connects the toe straps directly to a caged heel.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026

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Throughout the event, a guy bounds around, introducing the recordists, then crouching to cue their recordings on a laptop, his dark, longish hair under a black dad cap bearing the club’s name.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026
Start with focused use cases where the data requirements are understood and basic (static versus real time), the operational consequence is bounded, and measurable value can be demonstrated.

— Claudio Laterreur, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of bound

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In several messages quoted in the ruling, Seaver allegedly threatened Nozell and other people connected to Parton’s estate.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
There are two main anchors, the North and South Pavilions, connected by a track almost three kilometers in length, twisting and turning between dunes and rock formations.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of connected

Adjective

The favorite to win Brazil’s election has promised to free his imprisoned father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, grant amnesty to supporters and impeach Supreme Court justices.

— Marina Dias, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2026
The company is required by its contract and state policy to provide mental health treatment, education and other services to imprisoned youth.

— Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of imprisoned

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Abercrombie’s old mall identity was closely tied to the experience of walking in, making the space itself part of what shoppers remember about the brand.

— Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
With the score tied at one, Bryce Harper misplayed a routine fly ball to right field in the bottom of the 7th, allowing a run to score and setting up another to come in on a sacrifice fly.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of tied

Verb

Later that same year, the researchers coupled their thorium apparatus to an optical atomic clock, proving that these excited nuclei can serve as high-precision timekeepers.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026
The uptick in ridership was kneecapped by the company’s tension between the need to raise fares and its need to bring in more passengers, wrote Fitch Ratings in its analysis that coupled a credit downgrading earlier this year.

— Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of coupled

Adjective

There’s a mirrored hallway that shines like a disco ball, artwork painted by a co-owner, a DJ booth prominent in the dining space and, open to the air, sidewalk seating and a semi-enclosed patio.

— John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
Owners can opt for a semi-enclosed galley, which adds a bit of space from the main saloon, or can fully enclose the galley for more separation.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 July 2026

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