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Synonyms and Antonyms of fetters
- a time-honored tradition is fine as long as it doesn't become a fetter that prevents us from trying something new
- claims that government regulations are unnecessary fetters that keep him from achieving his business goals
catalysts, goads, impetuses, incentives, spurs, stimulants, stimuli
aids, assistances, benefits, boosts, handmaidens (also handmaids), help
- considered a seat belt a pointless fetter—until one saved his life in an auto accident
Synonyms and Antonyms of fetters
- museum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons
- the belief that too many rules and restrictions fetter children's creativity
balks, checks, constrains, curbs, reins, restrains
binds, chains, halters, leashes, tethers, ties
arrests, brakes, delays, retains, retards
barricades, blockades, blocks, roadblocks
chokes, smothers, stifles, strangles, suffocates
baffles, foils, frustrates, stumps, thwarts
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