Fettered Synonyms and Antonyms

To confine
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. repressed
  2. checked
  3. hampered
Restrain with fetters
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. shackled
  2. bound
  3. trammelled
  4. manacled
  5. hobbled
  6. handcuffed
  7. tied
  8. restrained
  9. chained
  10. impeded
  11. hampered
  12. held
  13. leashed
  14. confined
  15. hamstrung
  16. bonded
  17. blocked
Antonyms:
  1. released
  2. freed
  3. loosened
  4. loosed
Bound by chains fastened around the ankles
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. shackled

Fettered Sentence Examples

  • A curious find was a grave containing burials of eighteen men fettered with iron collars and shackles.

  • I am not fettered by adoration of your travel plans.

  • Houdini lay on his side, still fettered by the manacles.

  • Once the first acts of treason against humanity had been enacted, the behavior of authorities worldwide was no longer fettered by virtue.

  • As a former subaltern of the Life Guards, he is still fettered by the curious, but stern social code of his regiment.

More Sentences