chain | Definition of chain

chain

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of chain

1 to confine or restrain with or as if with chains

chaining up the dog in the backyard

Synonyms of chain

bind, enchain, enfetter, fetter, gyve, handcuff, manacle, pinion, shackle, trammel

Words Related to chain

bit, hobble, hog-tie, iron, lash, secure, tie, truss

attach, fasten, join, link

confine, constrain, curb, hamper, hinder, impede

limit, restrict

entangle, tangle

Near Antonyms of chain

emancipate, free, liberate, loose, release, rescue

undo, unfasten, untangle, untie

detach, disengage

Antonyms of chain

unbind, unfetter, unshackle

2 to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole

the prosecutor meticulously and brilliantly chained all the evidence together in his closing argument

Synonyms of chain

catenate, compound, concatenate, conjugate, connect, couple, hitch, hook, interconnect, interlink, join, link, yoke

Words Related to chain

articulate, dovetail, integrate, interlock, intermesh

cord, string, wire

cement, coalesce, combine, fuse, unite, weld

Near Antonyms of chain

detach, disengage, divide, part, split

cleave, rupture, sever, sunder

Antonyms of chain

disconnect, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, disunite, separate, unchain, uncouple, unhitch, unlink, unyoke