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

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Adjective

Anyone who wants to watch, from the press to advocates to families to just causal observers, must have that unfettered ability.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
But the Knights didn’t take long to respond in the second half, as Watson took a handoff and raced 64 yards unfettered for his second touchdown of the game, giving UCF a 27-24 lead eight seconds into the third quarter.

— Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of unfettered

Verb

Castellanos traveled to Houston to meet her husband after learning he would be freed.

— Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026
Trouble is on the horizon though as an explosion on one of his oil rigs has freed a killer ice floe, setting loose tsunamis, threatening hundreds of thousands of lives and heading directly for Europe.

— Pete Hammond, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of freed

Adjective

Jeff Bezos' Blue Moon would blast off first, followed by Orion -- which would close in for a linkup -- and then Musk's Starship for a docking with Orion once Blue Moon is unleashed.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2026
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Moon will blast off first, then Orion — which will close in for a linkup — then Musk’s Starship for a docking with Orion once Blue Moon is unleashed.

— Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of unleashed

Verb

We were taught by a gruff cockney called Fred Waring, who had participated in the D-Day landings in a regiment that had fought its way across Europe towards Berlin and liberated the concentration camp at Belsen.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
While maybe not what anyone would call a feminist show, Charlie’s Angels did come along right when women were first being liberated on network TV.

— Michael Callahan, HollywoodReporter, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of liberated

Verb

Viz Media and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions (ShoPro) released the material.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
Porsche is best known for its traditional sports cars like the 911, but the automaker has released several longroofs over the years, including, over the last decade, variants of the Panamera and Taycan.

— Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of released

Adjective

Miami Beach police have taken an escaped prisoner into custody after a search near Mount Sinai Medical Center Thursday afternoon, authorities said.

— Sergio Candido, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of escaped

Verb

The crash triggered an emergency response near Morro Bay, where the pilot was rescued after ejecting from the aircraft.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Though now joining the collections of major museums, in the 1970s his artworks depicting the hardship and life of Indigenous Bolivians were rescued from the trash outside his former Manhattan studio, according to multiple accounts.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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