Fetter

//ˈfet.ə//

Synonyms for "fetter" (131 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (27)

hamper shackle tie anchor arrest bearing rein bilbo bind bit bond bonds brake bridle burden camisole chain chains check checkrein chock

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circumscribe clog collar countercheck cramp cripple cuff

Strong matches (39)

cuffs cumber curb curb bit damper doorstop drag drag sail drift anchor drift sail drogue embarrass enchain encumber enmesh enslave ensnarl entangle entoil entrammel

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entrap entwine fasten gag gyve gyves halter hamstring handcuff handcuffs handicap harness hinder hitch up hobble hobbles hog tie hog-tie

Noun(1 words)

hobble

Related words (65)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

8 entries

bond confine constrain hamper hold restrain shackle trammel

More specific

10 entries

handcuff handcuffs leg irons manacle manacles shackle shackles

Synonyms

4 entries

hamper leg irons shackle tie

derived

6 entries

befetter enfetter fetterer fetterless fetterlock unfetter

is a

3 entries

physical restraint shackle

manner of

1 entries

restrain

related to

8 entries

animal bind chain impede leg object restrain restrict

Translations

174 translations across 48 languages.

Ancient Greek

4 entries

δεσμός noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
δεσμός noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
πέδη noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
δέω verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)

Arabic

4 entries

أَغْلال noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
شكال noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
غُلّ noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
ڭيد noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Armenian

1 entries

ոտնակապ noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

buxov noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
buxov noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)

Bulgarian

4 entries

букаи noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
окови noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
окови noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
ограничавам verb (to restrain or impede)

Burmese

1 entries

ထူး noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Catalan

4 entries

grilló noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
obstacle noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
engrillonar verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)
impedir verb (to restrain or impede)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

束縛 /束缚 noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
限制 noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

脚镣 noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
鐐 /镣 noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
束縛 /束缚 verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)
束縛 /束缚 verb (to restrain or impede)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

kişen noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Czech

1 entries

pouto noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Danish

2 entries

fodlænke noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
lænke noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Dutch

2 entries

boei noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
kluister noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Esperanto

1 entries

alkateni verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)

Finnish

4 entries

kahle noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
kahle noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
kahleet noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
kahlita verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)

French

4 entries

entrave noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
entrave noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
fers noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
obstacle noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)

Galician

4 entries

ferros noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
obstáculo noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
pega noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
pexa noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

German

3 entries

Fessel noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
Fußfessel noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
Fußschelle noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌳𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌹 noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Hungarian

4 entries

bilincs noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
béklyó noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
lábbilincs noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
lánc noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)

Ido

1 entries

katenizar verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)

Irish

2 entries

laincis noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
cuibhrigh verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)

Italian

4 entries

ceppi noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
ferri noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
ostacoli noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
incatenare verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

кишен noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Latin

4 entries

compēs noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
vinculum noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
vinculum noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
teneo verb (to restrain or impede)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

pyto noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Macedonian

4 entries

о́ков noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
о́ков noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
пра́нга noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
оковува verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

fotlenke noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
lenke noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Occitan

4 entries

enfèrrias noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
enfèrris noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
enfèrris noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
entrava noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Old Armenian

1 entries

պարաւանդ noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Old Irish

1 entries

con·rig verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

بوقاغی noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
زنجیر noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
طومروق noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
كوستك noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Persian

4 entries

اشکیل noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
بند noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
غل و زنجیر noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
قید noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Iesa (nds) noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
Spaunsel noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Polish

4 entries

kajdany noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
okowy noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
pęta noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
pęto noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Portuguese

4 entries

ferros noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
grilhetas noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
grilhões noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
grilhões noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)

Russian

4 entries

кандалы́ noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
око́вы noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
око́вы noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
пу́ты noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Sanskrit

1 entries

राहुल noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

cuibhreach noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
dì-leum noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
cuibhrich verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)

Southern Altai

1 entries

кижен noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Spanish

4 entries

apea noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
grillete noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
grillos noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
grillos noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)

Swedish

2 entries

fotboja noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
fjättra verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)

Thai

1 entries

ตรวน noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Tocharian B

1 entries

śanmau noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Turkish

4 entries

köstek noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
köstek noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
pranga noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
bukağılamak verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)

Ukrainian

2 entries

око́ви noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
пу́та noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Walloon

4 entries

aroke noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
atna noun (anything that restricts or restrains in any way)
epîtoe noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)
efirdjî verb (to shackle or bind up with fetters)

Welsh

1 entries

llyffethair noun (object used to bind a person or animal by its legs)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.

Source: wiktionary

He looks upon study as an odious fetter; his time is spent in the open air, climbing the hills or rowing on the lake.

Source: wiktionary

That was the turning-point of my life. I broke my fetters, and I fought a hard fight for a new career …

Source: wiktionary

The Begums' ministers, on the contrary, to extort from them the disclosure of the place which concealed the treasures, were, […] after being fettered and imprisoned, led out on to a scaffold, and this array of terrours proving unavailing, the meek tempered Middleton, as a dernier resort, menaced them with a confinement in the fortress of Chunargar. Thus, my lords, was a British garrison made the climax of cruelties!

Source: wiktionary

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