Synonyms of handcuffed

handcuffed 1 of 2

adjective

as in helpless

unable to act or achieve one's purpose

handcuffed by a dearth of funding, the preservation society can do little but stand by as these historic structures deteriorate

Synonyms & Similar Words

• helpless
• paralyzed
• weak
• incompetent
• powerless
• hog-tied
• impotent
• high and dry
• hamstrung
• passive
• incapable
• useless
• ineffective
• impuissant
• unfit
• feeble
• ineffectual
• supine
• infirm
• inept
• spineless
• frail
• unaggressive

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• able
• powerful
• strong
• capable
• competent
• mighty
• effective
• efficient
• potent
• dominant
• authoritarian
• tyrannical
• autocratic
• dictatorial
• despotic
• tough
• sturdy
• dynamic
• forceful
• vigorous
• robust
• important
• energetic
• magisterial
• major
• significant
• top
• autocratical
• senior
• tyrannic
• puissant
• high-level

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• able
• powerful
• strong
• capable
• competent
• mighty
• effective
• efficient
• potent
• dominant
• authoritarian
• tyrannical
• autocratic
• dictatorial
• despotic
• tough
• sturdy
• dynamic
• forceful
• vigorous
• robust
• important
• energetic
• magisterial
• major
• significant
• top
• autocratical
• senior
• tyrannic
• puissant
• high-level

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handcuffed

2 of 2

verb

past tense of handcuff

1

as in bound

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains

wanted to take the trip, but was handcuffed by her responsibility to watch her ailing father

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in hampered

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

the fear that the new mandatory, standardized tests will handcuff the state's teachers, who will have to specifically tailor their lesson plans for the test

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hampered
• impeded
• hindered
• embarrassed
• obstructed
• handicapped
• shackled
• manacled
• inhibited
• cramped
• blocked
• hobbled
• stymied
• hog-tied
• delayed
• fettered
• restrained
• tied up
• encumbered
• interfered (with)
• tied
• constrained
• trammelled
• short-circuited
• disrupted
• clogged
• trammeled
• held back
• bound
• frustrated
• thwarted
• arrested
• chained
• tethered
• cramped one's style
• balked
• reined
• stifled
• leashed
• held up
• barricaded
• gave a hard time
• checked
• curbed
• choked
• retarded
• strangled
• retained
• confined
• braked
• baffled
• blockaded
• muzzled
• suffocated
• haltered
• smothered
• mired
• bogged (down)
• foiled
• sabotaged
• stumped
• roadblocked
• derailed
• repressed
• hemmed (in)
• suppressed
• hedged (in)

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• assisted
• helped
• aided
• facilitated
• opened
• released
• cleared
• freed
• liberated
• untied
• loosened
• unplugged
• smoothed
• encouraged
• promoted
• made way
• unclogged
• unstopped
• furthered

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• assisted
• helped
• aided
• facilitated
• opened
• released
• cleared
• freed
• liberated
• untied
• loosened
• unplugged
• smoothed
• encouraged
• promoted
• made way
• unclogged
• unstopped
• furthered

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