Synonyms of moored

moored

verb

past tense of moor

as in fastened

to put securely in place or in a desired position

moored the boat to the dock

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fastened
• secured
• anchored
• clamped
• hitched
• caught
• fixed
• set
• embedded
• wedged
• stuffed
• lodged
• entrenched
• implanted
• ingrained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loosened
• loosed
• unloosed
• unfastened
• pulled
• extracted
• unloosened
• tore (out)
• unfixed
• yanked
• uprooted
• pried
• rooted (out)
• prized
• wrested

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of moored

This summer alone, David Geffen’s 82-room Rising Sun has been moored there, with Kris Jenner, Pedro Pascal, Courteney Cox, and Jennifer Aniston among those spotted aboard. — Alice Lindsell, Air Mail, 8 Aug. 2026

The former head of the Damietta Port Authority, Major General Ayman Salah, told the AFP news agency on Wednesday that the regasification ship was moored next to the LNG tanker in the harbour. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 29 July 2026

The International Maritime Organization says there are still roughly 6,000 seafarers and around 500 ships moored in the Persian Gulf behind the strait. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 July 2026

For almost seven years, the vessel remained moored in Trapani under government custody with little opportunity for maintenance. — Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 17 July 2026

By the time Noe and his sons were back home and had moored the boat to their wharf on the narrow pass that separated Cheniere Disparue from the mainland, the last low clouds of the front hung over the Gulf. — Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Powering oil operations with wind turbine A tension-leg platform (TLP) is a buoyant, floating structure moored to the seafloor by taut, vertical steel cables. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026

This week, according to public data, Breakthrough is moored off the Costa Smeralda in northeastern Sardinia, near Porto Cervo. — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 26 June 2026

At the modern port in the Christian quarter of Tyre, small wooden tourist and fishing boats were moored to the docks. — Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026