📖 Definitions of "Fettered"
verb
- 1
To shackle or bind up with fetters.
- 2
To restrain or impede; to hamper.
adjective
- 1
Bound by chains or shackles.
- 2
(by extension) Restricted.
- 3
Of the feet: bent backward and apparently unfit for walking.
🔄 Synonyms of "Fettered"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| shackled | Restrained by shackles, chained. |
| in fetters | — |
| boundverb | Ready to start or go (to); moving in the direction (of). |
| in bonds | — |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fettered"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| shackledverb | Restrained by shackles, chained. |
| boundverb | (transitive) To surround a territory or other geographical entity; to form the boundary of. |
| in bondsverb | — |
| in fettersverb | — |
| chainedverb | Bound with chains. |
| hamperedverb | Impeded or encumbered, as if chained or fettered. |
| ironedverb | That has been pressed or smoothed with a hot iron; pressed. |
| caged | Confined in a cage. |
| bechained | (rare) in chains |
| tethered | (computing, electronics) connected (especially a mobile phone to a computer, for use as a wireless modem) |
| captivenoun | One who has been captured or is otherwise confined. |
| constrained | Kept within close bounds; confined. |
| boundennoun | (dated) Now chiefly in "bounden duty": made obligatory; binding. |
| hidebound | (figurative, of a person) Stubborn; narrow-minded; inflexible. |
| cellboundnoun | Confined to a prison cell. |
| immuredverb | imprisoned or confined. |
| boundaried | Enclosed by a boundary or boundaries. |
| obstringed | (obsolete) constrained; placed under obligation |
| pentnoun | (informal, music) A pentatonic scale. |
| confinedverb | Not free to move. |
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