Synonyms of tethered

tethered

verb

past tense of tether

as in tied

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.

Related Words

• tied
• strapped
• bound
• lashed
• wired
• leashed
• trussed
• roped
• corded
• banded
• threaded
• cinched
• intertwined
• knotted
• tangled
• coiled
• girded
• entangled
• snarled
• interlaced
• girted
• laced
• twisted
• wound
• interwove

Dissimilar Words

• unleashed
• untied
• unbound
• untethered
• unfastened
• unloosed
• unstrapped
• unlaced
• disentangled
• undid
• unraveled
• untangled
• uncoiled
• untwisted
• unwound
• unlashed
• unloosened
• unthreaded
• unstrung
• untwined
• unsnarled
• unspooled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tethered

Scientists tethered a fly (Drosophila) in place over a small ball floating on a cushion of air in complete darkness. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026

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

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

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

Their fortunes will likely still be tethered to each other down the stretch. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 7 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

Every second an algorithm is tethered to a decades-old core system is a competitive loss. — Naureen Hassan, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

By 2024, the 56-year-old was tethered to an oxygen tank. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 June 2026