UNCHAINED Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in unfettered

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verb

past tense of unchain

as in freed

to set free (as from slavery or confinement) activists for animal rights who would like to unchain zoo animals and return them to the wild

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Adjective

There is a minute’s ovation for Keegan, who was chief operations officer and then manager at Craven Cottage in the late 1990s, there is an unchained melody of bedlam, the creation of chaos and there are a lot of c***s. — George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Often the raconteur side is too unchained. — Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 25 May 2026 Weisswange glanced around at the machines on either side of us, all of them waiting for repairs, their tracks unchained and gun barrels angled upward. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026 However, on multiple visits to the neighborhood, the two dogs were unchained in the yard during different times of the day and night, the Herald observed. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unchained

Adjective

That means Roman will have the benefit of solar power and a lack of obstructions—giving it an unfettered look into the cosmos.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
Instead, his navy jersey, meticulously embroidered with a white number 16 hangs unfettered with his unworn Bears helmet resting on a shelf above.

— Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of unfettered

Adjective

But Rooney was finally unleashed for a Champions League group game against Fenerbahce at Old Trafford, scoring a spectacular hat-trick, all three (the third an exquisite free kick) struck from outside the penalty area.

— Amitai Winehouse, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
More than 1,000 people are dead and nearly 4,000 missing after a Himalayan glacial collapse unleashed catastrophic floods across the Nepal-China border, obliterating roads, towns and hydropower projects.

— Shristi Kafle, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of unleashed

Verb

As a young medic in the US, Soldner saw those drawings when his division liberated the camp.

— Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Chad Tracy is an attention-to-detail kind of guy, which helps explain why the Boston Red Sox liberated him from Triple-A obscurity in April to be their interim manager after Alex Cora was let go.

— Steve Buckley, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of liberated

Verb

First released in arcades in 1999, the game puts players behind the wheel of a fearless cabbie racing the clock through chaotic city streets — flying off ramps, dodging traffic, and chasing tips with punk-rock energy.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
The White House has an opaque system in place where AI companies can voluntarily submit their latest models for government review up to 30 days before they are publicly released.

— Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of released

Adjective

But these stats reflect firefighting progress at this stage rather than an escaped blaze, the department's public affairs officer Tiffany Davilla explained.

— Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Indiana State Police said that an escaped prisoner in Northwest Indiana has been captured.

— Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of escaped

Verb

Schiano rescued the program from irrelevance, but modest respectability might be all Rutgers can afford this season — if that.

— Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Images of the man and woman being rescued were posted by Nepal’s Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers on Saturday, confirming the rescues.

— Jon Haworth, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of rescued

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