Synonyms of shackled

shackled 1 of 2

adjective

as in bolted

Related Words

• bolted
• tied
• chained
• anchored
• imprisoned
• fettered
• caged
• manacled
• enclosed
• fastened
• kidnapped
• confined
• leashed
• immured
• bound
• penned
• restrained
• caught
• unfree

Dissimilar Words

• free
• loose
• unbound
• unrestrained
• unconfined
• escaped
• footloose
• unfettered
• unleashed
• unchained
• uncaged

shackled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of shackle

1

as in bound

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains

unwilling to shackle the dogs to the wall of the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in hampered

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

shackled by poverty and ignorance

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shackled

Verb

D4vd was seated shackled and emotionless as the photos were shown. — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 25 July 2026

Burke, shackled to a chair, reportedly showed no visible reaction. — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026

The airline’s flights have grown longer and crueler in recent years, with deportees sometimes shackled for days, according to an investigation by Mother Jones. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026

Carlos Sanchez, the Colombia midfielder, shadowed and successfully shackled Messi in a 2011 Copa America game that finished goalless. — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 10 July 2026

On Thursday, he was dressed in a jacket and tie with one arm shackled to his waist. — Hannah Schoenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

In the 1700s, when West Africans were shackled and shipped to the South Carolina–Georgia seaboard, some were forced to work in rice paddies, in cotton fields, and on indigo plantations, where the moist climate resembled that of their homelands. — Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Tokyo would still be shackled with the biggest public debt burden anywhere — as much as 260% of GDP — as the population shrinks. — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Mangione wore khaki-colored prison clothing and was not shackled at Monday’s brief proceeding, which lasted about 20 minutes. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026