Synonyms of tethers

tethers

verb

present tense third-person singular of tether

as in ties

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

• ties
• straps
• wires
• binds
• lashes
• leashes
• ropes
• cords
• trusses
• cinches
• bands
• threads
• knots
• girds
• coils
• intertwines
• tangles
• snarls
• entangles
• winds
• girts
• laces
• interlaces
• interweaves
• twists

Dissimilar Words

• unleashes
• unties
• unbinds
• untethers
• unfastens
• undoes
• unstraps
• unravels
• unlooses
• unlaces
• disentangles
• untwists
• unwinds
• unloosens
• untangles
• unstrings
• uncoils
• unspools
• unthreads
• unlashes
• untwines
• unsnarls

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tethers

As someone who tethers himself to playoff odds, repeatedly speaks of intelligent spending and has a general manager in Carter Hawkins who once referenced 2032 to explain the lack of big moves last summer, Hoyer has had his critics. — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

More adventurous than the Solterra, the Uncharted wears a thin line across the nose that tethers its LED running lights to its logo. — Marty Padgett, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026

Secrets that could take down a company, an industry; that's a bond that tethers you for life. — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025

The nature of my work tethers me to London. — Rohan Banerjee, Time, 23 Aug. 2025