TETHER Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

tether

verb

Definition of tether

as in to tie

to attach (someone or something) to something else by or as if by means of a line or cord I tethered the boat to the dock before coming ashore.

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Recent Examples of tether Samsung's glasses are equipped with Qualcomm's Snapdragon AR1 Gen1 chip and must be tethered to a smartphone. — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 22 July 2026 The two cable-laying ships, the Niagara and Agamemnon, started in the middle of the Atlantic and traveled in opposite directions, tethering the ends in Newfoundland and Ireland. — USA Today, 21 July 2026 Once Emily commits to stepping away from what tethered her to her past, a new freedom, and maybe new fears, emerge. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 20 July 2026 But they also are tethered together in a vital and distinct way, coalescing here as nowhere else even while reflecting something deeper and broader that this particular World Cup has come to mean. — Vahe Gregorian july 4, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tether

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tether

Verb

Mesa tied it at 1 with a 412-foot homer into right field in the fourth.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
In a scoreless game in the bottom of the seventh, Didier Fuentes came out of the Braves’ bullpen and worked around a two-out single to keep the game tied.

— Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of tie

Verb

Members of the TreeCircus crew will help participants strap into the rope system and teach them how to climb using only the power of their own body.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 July 2026
Outside Delhi, a 32-year-old garment maker identified as Lalita says her factory now requires everyone to strap a GoPro camera to their heads at the start of each shift.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 1 July 2026

Definition of strap

Verb

Climbers who rope up together learn from one another, with no strict hierarchy.

— William Finnegan, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Some of those startups started in the San Francisco Bay area, where AI dating apps are hosting parties, speed dating, coffee meet-ups and other in-person events to rope people into using their new service.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026

Definition of rope

Verb

Another confounding detail surrounding Ge’s death is that when he was found, his hands and feet were bound, and bedsheet strips were tied around his chest, according to his autopsy report.

— Connor Greene, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Self-exclusion in particular only binds licensed operators, which is why offshore sites target people who have signed up for it.

— Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026