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

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

Competitive Wordle Score The Bot and I each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026

That means traditional milestones are harder to reach—and tying your livelihood to someone else’s can feel like a liability rather than an advantage. — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2026

With goals in the 96th and 97th minutes, the Union became the first team to score both the game-tying and game-winning goals in consecutive minutes of second-half stoppage time since the LA Galaxy did so on July 14, 2018. — AJC.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Both teams got off to a blistering start with Minnesota leading 36-32 after one quarter, tying the league record for most points in an opening period. — ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

Miller failed at first, leaving a 103 mph fastball up and over the plate that Osleivis Basabe hit to left field for a game-tying double. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

He was replaced by Osleivis Basabe, who hit his first homer in nearly three years and roped a game-tying double off Mason Miller. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026

Just a fraction of an inch can separate a player from hitting a flyball to left field and, say, tying a franchise record for career home runs. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 July 2026