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

Kelce is two shy of tying Rice and three touchdown receptions away from sole possession of the record. — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Salvador Perez hit a bases-clearing double to draw the Royals to within 5-4, but the tying run was stranded at third. — Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026

Barahona and Carmen beat and tortured the twins, tying them with electrical cord and shocking them in a bathtub with the door locked, investigators said. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026

Project managers should fix this by tying every milestone to real usage data instead of internal targets so the roadmap keeps reflecting what is actually happening rather than what was originally planned. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Andrés Giménez hit a tying solo homer in the ninth for the Blue Jays (72-73), who remained a game behind Cleveland for the last American League wild card. — ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026

His defense argued there was no direct evidence tying him to Emma’s death, according to WSLS. — Sarah Dahlberg, NBC news, 8 Sep. 2026

No murder weapon was ever recovered, adding to the lack of physical evidence tying Chandler to the crime scene. — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 2026

Angels shortstop Zach Neto capped a 12-pitch at-bat in the eighth with a solo homer off Phillies reliever Jonathan Bowlan, tying the score 1-1 and ending a string of 30 consecutive innings without an extra-base hit for the Angels. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026