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tied

verb , past tense of tie

Synonyms and Antonyms of tied

1 to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord

tied the newspapers into a bundle

Synonyms of tied

banded, bound, trussed

Words Related to tied

cinched, corded, roped, strapped, threaded, wired

girded (or girt), girted

lashed, leashed, tethered

interlaced, intertwined, interwove (also interweaved), laced

entangled, knotted, snarled, tangled, twisted

coiled, wound (also winded)

Near Antonyms of tied

undid, unfastened, unlaced, unlashed, unloosed, unloosened, unstrapped, unstrung, unthreaded

unleashed, untethered

disentangled, unraveled, unsnarled, untangled, untwined, untwisted

uncoiled, unspooled, unwound

Antonyms of tied

unbound, untied

2 to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)

at the class reunion we learned that he had won the Nobel Prize in medicine—how could the rest of us tie that?

Synonyms of tied

equaled (or equalled), matched, met

Words Related to tied

beat, bettered, eclipsed, excelled, outdid, outdistanced, outshone (or outshined), outstripped, overtopped, surpassed, topped, transcended

amounted (to), approached, touched

approximated, kept up, measured up (to), paralleled, rivaled (or rivalled), stacked up (against or with)

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