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 Weakened by kidney failure, Karam is unable to work and is tethered 12 hours a day to the machine that cleans the toxins from his blood. — Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 1 Aug. 2026 Plus, it's got an automatic reeling system to pull the tethering cable back into its body at the press of a button. — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 29 July 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for tether

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Verb

The next batter, Sogard, pulled a hanging breaking ball from Hentges off the Green Monster, driving in Monasterio and tying the game.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
Right-hander Ben Joyce, who had not given up a run in any of his first six games, was a strike away from ending it when the Rangers’ Wyatt Langford blooped a 102 mph pitch into right field for a game-tying double.

— Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of tie

Verb

AirsFish Soccer Shin Guards for Kids Breathable and sweat-absorbent, these shin guards strap around the foot to stay securely in place.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
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

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

At the same time, Kenya’s parliamentary finance committee wants the competition authority to implement binding safeguards for farmers, employees, suppliers, and consumers before the deal is approved.

— Martin K.N Siele, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Supporters contend a binding agreement is needed to stanch plastic waste spreading into every nook and cranny on the planet — an amount that since the middle of the last century has swelled to more than 8 billion tons.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026