Synonyms of fettering

fettering

verb

present participle of fetter

1

as in binding

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• binding
• tieing
• tying
• hampering
• shackling
• constraining
• confining
• pinioning
• handcuffing
• chaining
• enchaining
• lashing
• trammeling
• trammelling
• attaching
• enfettering
• restricting
• gyving
• limiting
• linking
• impeding
• hindering
• manacling
• securing
• curbing
• ironing
• hobbling
• trussing
• fastening
• bitting
• hog-tying
• joining
• tangling
• entangling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeing
• liberating
• releasing
• emancipating
• rescuing
• unshackling
• unfettering
• loosing
• unbinding
• undoing
• untying
• untangling
• unfastening
• detaching
• disengaging
• untieing

2

as in impeding

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

the belief that too many rules and restrictions fetter children's creativity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impeding
• hampering
• hindering
• obstructing
• embarrassing
• handicapping
• inhibiting
• shackling
• restraining
• delaying
• constraining
• stymieing
• encumbering
• interfering (with)
• handcuffing
• cramping
• clogging
• disrupting
• hobbling
• blocking
• trammeling
• tieing up
• tying up
• holding back
• trammelling
• short-circuiting
• tying
• tieing
• thwarting
• binding
• hog-tying
• curbing
• reining
• stifling
• retarding
• manacling
• leashing
• frustrating
• balking
• chaining
• strangling
• cramping one's style
• confining
• braking
• retaining
• tethering
• giving a hard time
• checking
• holding up
• arresting
• blockading
• barricading
• choking
• haltering
• smothering
• suffocating
• sabotaging
• baffling
• roadblocking
• muzzling
• miring
• repressing
• foiling
• bogging (down)
• derailing
• stumping
• suppressing
• hedging (in)
• hemming (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• aiding
• assisting
• helping
• facilitating
• opening
• freeing
• clearing
• liberating
• releasing
• loosening
• promoting
• unstopping
• unplugging
• untying
• smoothing
• unclogging
• making way
• untieing
• furthering
• encouraging