Synonyms of chained

chained 1 of 2

adjective

as in caged

Related Words

• caged
• imprisoned
• enclosed
• immured
• bolted
• leashed
• fettered
• tied
• confined
• anchored
• penned
• bound
• caught
• shackled
• manacled
• fastened
• restrained
• unfree
• kidnapped

Dissimilar Words

• loose
• free
• unbound
• unrestrained
• unconfined
• escaped
• footloose
• unleashed
• unfettered
• unchained
• uncaged

chained

2 of 2

verb

past tense of chain

1

as in bound

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains

chaining up the dog in the backyard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bound
• tied
• shackled
• handcuffed
• enchained
• confined
• pinioned
• fettered
• lashed
• manacled
• hampered
• constrained
• attached
• linked
• trussed
• fastened
• trammeled
• gyved
• secured
• enfettered
• hobbled
• restricted
• ironed
• hog-tied
• bitted
• hindered
• limited
• impeded
• curbed
• joined
• tangled
• entangled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freed
• rescued
• unbound
• liberated
• released
• loosed
• unshackled
• emancipated
• untied
• unfastened
• unfettered
• undid
• detached
• disengaged
• untangled

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• connected
• coupled
• strung
• linked
• yoked
• integrated
• interconnected
• combined
• compounded
• hooked
• conjugated
• interlinked
• joined
• hitched
• concatenated
• wired
• catenated
• welded
• interlocked
• fused
• corded
• articulated
• dovetailed
• cemented
• intermeshed
• united
• coalesced

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• separated
• disconnected
• uncoupled
• unhitched
• unchained
• divided
• disjointed
• disjoined
• disunited
• detached
• split
• parted
• disengaged
• unyoked
• dissevered
• severed
• unlinked
• cleaved
• sundered
• ruptured

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chained

Verb

In an interview with Fortune, Kopp described the company’s mission as freeing CFOs from the drudgery that keeps them chained to spreadsheets long after everyone else has logged off. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2026

Wolverine finally makes his way to Essex, who’s been chained up by Trask. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Throughout his illustrious career, 71-year-old filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa has defied being bound and chained to any specific genre. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026

Alicent, not at all her friend in the book, is chained up and not sent off on some silly assassination attempt to kill her son, Aemond. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Most recently, in May 2026, Cal/OSHA issued the company six citations, following an incident during a fire in January 2026 when two workers were reportedly found locked inside a cold storage room that had been chained from the outside. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026

Two of those citations were connected to a January 22, 2026 fire in which two workers were discovered inside a cooler room whose entrance door had reportedly been chained shut. — Denis Akbari, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

These can be chained to separate authentication bypasses and privilege escalation vulnerabilities. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026

OpenAI said the models discovered multiple novel vulnerabilities in software from both companies, then chained together working exploits, successfully gaining them access to the answer key to the test they were given. — Garrison Lovely, Time, 4 Aug. 2026