Chain

//ˈt͡ʃeɪn//

Synonyms for "chain" (424 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Strong matches (127)

chock cinch circle clap together class ring cliched clog closed chain coal tongs cockade collar collect combination combine commonplace compass compound radical comprise concatenate concatenation

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Noun(1 words)

concatenation

Related words (212)

homocycle hopple hopples hum include indian file insignia irons jewel join kekule formula kilometer knot lace lacing lapel pin lash lattice lay together lead

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leading strings league leash lifter limit line lineage link livery locket lump together mace maintain continuity make fast make secure make sure manacle mantle marking markings marry marshal martingale mass massif measure medal merge mobilize molecule monotone moor mortarboard mountain range muzzle necklace nexus nose ring old hat old school tie order oregon boat pair peg peg down pelham pendulum periodicity picket piece together pillory pin pin down pinion plenum poker pool pothook powder train precious stone procession progression put in irons put together queue rackle radical rank recurrence regalia reins restrain restraint restraints restrict reticulation rhinestone ring rockies roll into one rope rose rotation round routine row run run on salamander scale school ring scotch sea anchor secure sequel sequence series set shackle shamrock shopworn side chain sierra sigillography simple radical single file sir ernst boris chain skull and crossbones snaffle solder space-lattice span spectrum sphragistics spit splice spoke staff stake stale stay stereotyped stick together stickpin stocks stone stop straight chain straightjacket strait-waistcoat straitjacket stranglehold strap stream string string together succession suite summative swaddle swastika swath swathe symbol syndicate take in tape tartan tether thistle thread tiara tie tie down tie up tier tissue tongs torque train trammel trammels tripod trite trivet truss trust turnspit twice-told uniform unify unite verge wampum wand weld windrow wire wrap wrap up wristband wristlet yoke

Noun(9 words)

imperial system mountain chain mountain range race rackle range range of mountains strand string

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14 relation types

More general

21 entries

arrange building block business business concern business organisation business organization concern constraint fasten fix formation geological formation ligament linear measure linear unit necklace

Showing 16 of 21 words.

More specific

21 entries

Albert chain Gunter's Chain Markov chain bra chain daisy chain food chain green chain hogchain key chain keychain megachain mountain chain retail chain side chain sidechain signifying chain

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Antonyms

1 entries

unchain

Synonyms

3 entries

rackle range sir ernst boris chain

at location

12 entries

bicycle craft supply store dungeon garage gear shift hardware store jewelry store jewerly store motorbike place for locked gate shed tow truck

derived

227 entries

Chain Valley Bay Cunningham chain Gunter's chain Third Island Chain a chain is only as strong as its weakest link academy chain air chain airchain antichain ascending chain condition backchain ball and chain ball chain belly chain beta chain block chain

Showing 16 of 227 words.

has a

2 entries

links many links

has context

11 entries

associated with acorn computers british chemistry commercial enterprise computing mathematics nautical order theory set theory surveying weaving

has property

2 entries

unable to unlock self very difficult to cut

is a

15 entries

business consructed on numerous links consumer durable cordlike artifact incorporated business ligament linear unit necklace non powered device restraint segmented cord series solid metal unit useful tool

manner of

2 entries

arrange fasten

part of

4 entries

bicycle chain printer chain tongs molecule

related to

37 entries

bikes brand name business cricket data dependent fasten fetter foot house interconnected length link links measure measuring tape

Showing 16 of 37 words.

used for

21 entries

connect decoration fasten hit not recommended holding dog keep bicycle locked up keep prisoner lock bike locking fence locking up felon make necklace marking boundary riding bicycle secure secure doors secure heavy door

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Translations

382 translations across 125 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

huidige noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Albanian

3 entries

hallkë noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
varëse noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
zinxhir noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ἅλυσις noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Arabic

3 entries

سلسلة noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
سِلْسِلَة noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
سِلْسِلَة noun (series of interconnected things)

Armenian

4 entries

շղթա noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
շղթա noun (series of interconnected things)
շղթա noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)
ցանց noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)

Aromanian

4 entries

alis noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
alsidã noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
cadenã noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
catinã noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Assamese

1 entries

শিকলি noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܫܝܼܫܸܠܬܵܐ noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Asturian

4 entries

cadena noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
cadena noun (series of interconnected things)
cadena noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
cadena noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

cari noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
qandal noun (that which confines, fetters)
zəncir noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
zəncir noun (that which confines, fetters)

Bashkir

2 entries

сылбыр noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
сынйыр noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Basque

1 entries

kate noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Belarusian

1 entries

ланцу́г noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Bengali

1 entries

শৃঙ্খল noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

जंजीर noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Breton

4 entries

chadenn noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
chadenn noun (series of interconnected things)
chadenn noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)
chadennañ verb (to fasten with a chain)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вери́га noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
вери́га noun (series of interconnected things)
вери́га noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
вери́га noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)

Burmese

2 entries

ကြိုး noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
သံကြိုး noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Catalan

4 entries

cadena noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
cadena noun (series of interconnected things)
cadena noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
cadena noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)

Cebuano

2 entries

kadena noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
talikala noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

زنجیر noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Chechen

1 entries

зӏе noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎤᎾᏓᏕᏒᏓ noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Chinese

1 entries

лянзы noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries

環節 /环节 noun (series of interconnected things)
連鎖 /连锁 noun (series of interconnected things)
鏈 /链 noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

環節 /环节 noun (series of interconnected things)
連鎖 /连锁 noun (series of interconnected things)
連鎖 /连锁 noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
鏈 /链 noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Czech

4 entries

zřetězení noun (series of interconnected things)
řetěz noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
řetěz noun (series of interconnected things)
řetězec noun (series of interconnected things)

Dalmatian

1 entries

cataina noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Danish

1 entries

kæde noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Dari

4 entries

زَنْجِیر noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
زِنْجِیر noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
سِلْسِلَه noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
سِلْسِلَه noun (series of interconnected things)

Dutch

4 entries

aaneenrijging noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
aaneenschakeling noun (series of interconnected things)
keten noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
keten noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)

Esperanto

4 entries

kateno noun (that which confines, fetters)
ĉeno noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
alkateni verb (to fasten with a chain)
alkateni verb (to secure someone with fetters)

Estonian

2 entries

ahel noun (series of interconnected things)
kett noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Faroese

1 entries

keta noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Finnish

4 entries

kauppaketju noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
ketju noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
ketju noun (series of interconnected things)
ketju noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)

French

4 entries

chaîne noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
chaîne noun (series of interconnected things)
chaîne noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
chaîne noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)

Friulian

2 entries

cjadene noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
čhadene noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Galician

4 entries

cadea noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
cadea noun (series of interconnected things)
cadea noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)
cadena noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)

Georgian

3 entries

ქსელი noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
ჯაჭვი noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
ჯაჭვი noun (series of interconnected things)

German

4 entries

Kette noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
Kette noun (series of interconnected things)
Kette noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
Kette noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)

Greek

4 entries

άλυσος noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
άλυσος noun (that which confines, fetters)
αλυσίδα noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
αλυσίδα noun (series of interconnected things)

Hawaiian

1 entries

kaula noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Hebrew

4 entries

רֶשֶׁת noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת noun (series of interconnected things)
שִׁרְשֵׁר verb (to link together)

Hindi

3 entries

ज़ंजीर noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
श्रृंखला noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
सिलसिला noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Hungarian

4 entries

lánc noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
láncolat noun (series of interconnected things)
sor noun (series of interconnected things)
sorozat noun (series of interconnected things)

Icelandic

1 entries

keðja noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Ido

1 entries

kateno noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Indonesian

2 entries

mata rantai noun (series of interconnected things)
rantai noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Ingrian

1 entries

tseppi noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Ingush

1 entries

зӏи noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Interlingua

1 entries

catena noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

زَنْجیر noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
زَنْجیرِه noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
زِنْجیر noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
سِلْسِلِه noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Irish

1 entries

slabhra noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Italian

4 entries

catena noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
catena noun (series of interconnected things)
catena noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
catena noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)

Japanese

4 entries

チェーン noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
チェーン noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
連続 noun (series of interconnected things)
連鎖 noun (series of interconnected things)

Kalmyk

1 entries

шинҗүр noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Karipúna Creole French

1 entries

ãxéne verb (to fasten with a chain)

Kazakh

2 entries

тізбек noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
шынжыр noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Khmer

1 entries

ច្រវាក់ noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Korean

4 entries

련속 noun (series of interconnected things)
련쇄 noun (series of interconnected things)
사슬 noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
연속 noun (series of interconnected things)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

тизмек noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
чынжыр noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Lao

1 entries

ໂສ້ noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Latgalian

2 entries

karški noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
važa noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Latin

3 entries

catēna noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
vinculum noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
vinculum noun (that which confines, fetters)

Latvian

2 entries

virkne noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)
ķēde noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Lezgi

1 entries

зунжур noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Ligurian

1 entries

cadeña noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Lithuanian

1 entries

grandinė noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

rjeśaz noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Macedonian

4 entries

верига noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
ланец noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
ланец noun (series of interconnected things)
ланец noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)

Malay

4 entries

rantai noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
rentetan noun (series of interconnected things)
membelenggu verb (to fasten with a chain)
merantai verb (to fasten with a chain)

Malayalam

4 entries

ചങ്ങല noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
ശൃംഖല noun (series of interconnected things)
ശൃംഖല noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
ശ്രേണി noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)

Manx

1 entries

geuley noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Middle English

2 entries

cheyne noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
raketeye noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Mongolian

2 entries

гинж noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
сүлжээ noun (series of interconnected things)

Māori

2 entries

mekameka noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
raupapa noun (series of interconnected things)

Nahuatl

2 entries

cadena noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
tepozmecatl noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Navajo

1 entries

béésh daʼahólzhaʼí noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Norman

3 entries

chaîne noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
chaîne noun (series of interconnected things)
chaîne noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

zincîr noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

kjede noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
kjede noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
kjede noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)
kjetting noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Occitan

3 entries

cadena noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
cadena noun (series of interconnected things)
cadena noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)

Ojibwe

1 entries

aanikegamaa verb (to link together)

Old English

4 entries

racente noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
racentian verb (to fasten with a chain)
racentian verb (to link together)
racentian verb (to secure someone with fetters)

Old Galician-Portuguese

1 entries

cadẽa noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Old Slovak

1 entries

lancúch noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

زنجیر noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
سلسله noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
سلسله noun (series of interconnected things)
زنجیرلمك verb (to fasten with a chain)

Pashto

1 entries

زنځير noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Kjäd noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Polish

4 entries

sieć noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
łańcuch noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
łańcuch noun (series of interconnected things)
łańcuch noun (totally ordered subset)

Portuguese

4 entries

cadeia noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
cadeia noun (series of interconnected things)
cadeia noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
cadeia noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)

Romanian

4 entries

catenă noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)
lanț noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
lanț noun (series of interconnected things)
lanț noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)

Romansch

4 entries

cadagna noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
cadeina noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
chadagna noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
chadaina noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Russian

4 entries

кандалы́ noun (that which confines, fetters)
ланцу́г noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
око́вы noun (that which confines, fetters)
после́довательность noun (series of interconnected things)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

cuibhreach noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

lanac noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
lánac noun (series of interconnected things)
lánac noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
sìndžīr noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Sicilian

1 entries

catina noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Sinhalese

1 entries

ඇකිල්ල noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Slovak

1 entries

reťaz noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Slovene

4 entries

veriga noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
veriga noun (series of interconnected things)
veriga noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
veriga noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)

Southern Altai

2 entries

кынјы noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
чылбыр noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Spanish

4 entries

cadena noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
cadena noun (series of interconnected things)
cadena noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
cadena noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)

Swahili

4 entries

bangili noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
mnyororo noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
ushanga noun (series of interconnected things)
ushanga noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)

Swedish

4 entries

kedja noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
kedja noun (series of interconnected things)
kedja noun (series of stores or businesses with the same brand name)
kedja noun (number of atoms in a series, which combine to form a molecule)

Tagalog

2 entries

kadena noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
tanikala noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Tahitian

1 entries

fifi noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Tai Dam

1 entries

ꪎ꫁ꪮꪥꪹꪨꪸꪀ noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Tajik

3 entries

занҷир noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
силсила noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
силсила noun (series of interconnected things)

Tatar

2 entries

чулбур noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
чылбыр noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Telugu

1 entries

గొలుసు noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Thai

1 entries

โซ่ noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Turkish

2 entries

zincir noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
zincirlemek verb (to fasten with a chain)

Turkmen

1 entries

zynjyr noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Tzotzil

1 entries

karina noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎌𐎌𐎗𐎚 noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Ukrainian

4 entries

кайда́ни noun (that which confines, fetters)
ланцю́г noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
ланцю́г noun (totally ordered subset)
ланцюжо́к noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Unami

1 entries

sukahëlas noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Urdu

3 entries

زَنْجِیر noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
سِلْسِلَہ noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
سِلْسِلَہ noun (series of interconnected things)

Uyghur

1 entries

زەنجىر noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Uzbek

2 entries

tizma noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
zanjir noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Venetan

4 entries

cadena noun (series of interconnected things)
cadéna noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
cadéna noun (series of interconnected things)
caena noun (series of interconnected things)

Vietnamese

3 entries

chuỗi noun (series of interconnected things)
dây xích noun (series of interconnected rings or links)
xích noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Walloon

1 entries

tchinne noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Welsh

1 entries

cadwyn noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Yiddish

1 entries

קייט noun (series of interconnected rings or links)

Sample sentences

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The chain of crimes are thought to have been committed by the same man.

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A chain of events led to the outbreak of the war.

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The large chain store created a new branch.

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The dog should be on a chain.

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Chain

Synonyms for "chain" (424 found)

Closest matches (85)

Strong matches (127)

Related words (212)

Related word relations

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Antonyms

Synonyms

at location

derived

has a

has context

has property

is a

manner of

part of

related to

used for

Translations

Afrikaans

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Aromanian

Assamese

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Asturian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bhojpuri

Breton

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Cebuano

Central Kurdish

Chechen

Cherokee

Chinese

Chinese Cantonese

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Dalmatian

Danish

Dari

Dutch

Esperanto

Estonian

Faroese

Finnish

French

Friulian

Galician

Georgian

German

Greek

Hawaiian

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Ido

Indonesian

Ingrian

Ingush

Interlingua

Iranian Persian

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Kalmyk

Karipúna Creole French

Kazakh

Khmer