Synonyms of tying

tying

verb

variants or tieing

present participle of tie

1

as in binding

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

tied the newspapers into a bundle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• binding
• threading
• strapping
• knotting
• trussing
• wiring
• banding
• roping
• twisting
• cinching
• winding
• cording
• coiling
• tangling
• lashing
• intertwining
• tethering
• entangling
• girding
• interweaving
• leashing
• lacing
• girting
• interlacing
• snarling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• untying
• undoing
• unfastening
• unlacing
• unbinding
• unleashing
• unstrapping
• unraveling
• unloosing
• untangling
• disentangling
• unwinding
• untwisting
• uncoiling
• unthreading
• unloosening
• unstringing
• unlashing
• untethering
• unspooling
• untwining
• unsnarling

2

as in matching

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 & Similar Words

• matching
• meeting
• surpassing
• equaling
• beating
• touching
• approaching
• topping
• transcending
• eclipsing
• bettering
• outstripping
• excelling
• rivaling
• outdoing
• paralleling
• approximating
• outdistancing
• amounting (to)
• overtopping
• outshining
• keeping up
• measuring up (to)
• stacking up (against or with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tying

The two-run lead evaporated in the bottom of the fifth when a rare Caleb Durbin defensive disaster created another game-tying opportunity. — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 12 Aug. 2026

That score held until two outs in the ninth, when Smith delivered the game-tying single that set the Giants’ latest loss in motion. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

Max Muncy hit a three-run double in the sixth on his bobblehead night for the Dodgers, but Kyle Isbel responded with a tying two-run homer in the seventh for Kansas City. — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

While Boston got the tying runner to third base in the ninth, Jays closer Louis Varland finished off the game to secure the win. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

This article argues that tying political consideration to suffering could backfire. — Andréa Morris, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Now in its ninth year, the festival has grown into a signature summer event that brings music fans downtown while tying that turnout to a local cause. — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 10 Aug. 2026

Trent Grisham hit a tying homer in the eighth off Didier Fuentes before Atlanta regained the lead against Paul Blackburn (3-2). — ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026

Grantham’s own framing reaches for an even longer horizon, tying market excess to demographic collapse and resource scarcity. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026