FETTERED Synonyms: 141 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in bound

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verb

past tense of fetter

as in tied

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains museum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons

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to create difficulty for the work or activity of the belief that too many rules and restrictions fetter children's creativity

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Perhaps capitalism can be appropriately fettered within the confines of a select few cities, inspiring a nonviolent, nationwide socialist revolution. — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 6 July 2026 While some players were able to weather that storm – defenseman Joel Edmundson played all 82 games for the first time in a career often fettered by injuries – others paid a price. — Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 30 Apr. 2026

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Adjective

The team checked this directly by computing how much of each galaxy's baryon budget actually stayed bound to the system.

— Paul Sutter, Space.com, 9 June 2026
To help calculate a lower bound, Erdős assumed that the points would be laid out in a grid.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 June 2026

Definition of bound

Verb

Rogers Centre is tied for the 10th-highest park factor for home runs (111) since 2025.

— Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Technology has significantly evolved since then, with 80% of 911 calls nationwide coming from wireless mobile devices rather than landlines tied to specific addresses.

— Sophia Eppley, AJC.com, 10 Aug. 2026

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Delays in contact tracing, difficulties accessing affected areas, mistrust from communities, and violence by armed groups and some residents have hampered the response, the Africa CDC has said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
But two separate hamstring injuries hampered any chance of a call-up for Ryan, who is also nearly two years past Tommy John surgery.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of hampered

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But man, the first like 20 minutes of this movie are rough going… although, probably not as rough going as poor Sam’s attempt to break into Cirith Ungol, where Frodo has been taken captive when our tale within a tale begins.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2026
Wild Inside presents interviews with owl researchers that highlight the birds’ intelligence and heightened senses, voicing their questions about what sufficient captive care would even look like.

— Emma Gometz, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026

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Folks who are hundreds of miles away from the forest are impeded by wildfire smoke.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 29 July 2026
The report goes on to say that when the victim intervened and put the dog in its crate, Monasterio turned on her, repeatedly punching her and placing both hands around her neck, squeezing until her breathing was impeded.

— Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 29 July 2026

Definition of impeded

Adjective

Historian Jennifer Morgan similarly contends that enslaved women’s reproductive capacities were essential for the economic logic of hereditary racial slavery.

— Kari Traylor, JSTOR Daily, 29 July 2026
While standing at the case, visitors can hear the audio of the speech where Douglass criticizes Americans celebrating freedom while millions remain enslaved.

— Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of enslaved

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But Oleh’s transition did more or less coincide with the Russian invasion, which has severely hindered his ability to live freely and openly at a time when men are expected to serve their country in the armed forces.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
Yet, his need to send the company out in grand fashion is hindered by stuffing his own script like a duck due to become foie gras.

— Charles Lewis III, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of hindered

Adjective

The singer’s fourth album inhabits a balmy medium zone of relentlessly moderate tempos and subdued vocals, where even brief moments of intriguing tension and fuzz get flattened into homogeneity.

— Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
Even slamming the door of the Mercedes is a subdued event with its soft-close doors.

— Sasha Lekach, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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