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 This is a commonsense safety upgrade that would enable drivers to tether their horses and prevent them from straying. — Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 22 June 2026 Idle horses should also be tethered. — Michael Casey, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026 The union also backed a separate City Council bill that only has eight sponsors, which would make several changes to horse carriage regulations, including more training and hitching posts in the park to tether the horses. — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 19 June 2026 By 2024, the 56-year-old was tethered to an oxygen tank. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for tether

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tether

Verb

The 4-point play gave Mitchell her fourth 30-point game of the season, tied for the most in a single season in franchise history, and extended her franchise record to 15 30-point outings.

— James Boyd, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Odysseus insisted on hearing their song and was tied to the mast.

— Tanya Fedak, Variety, 18 July 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

Any agreement or understanding between British and Romanian authorities would not legally bind the US, which was not a party to it.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
Since 2017, she has been disabled by a rare condition, called spinal CSF leak, and is mostly bed-bound.

— Michele Herrmann, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026