Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "chain" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

unchain

Typical Location

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

Derived Terms

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 blockchain branched-chain brequet chain catena chain armour chain binder chain boat chain bridge chain cable chain case chain code chain complex chain conveyor chain dance chain drill chain drive chain fern chain ferry chain fountain chain fruit chain gang chain group chain growth polymerization chain guard chain gun chain hobble chain letter chain lightning chain locker chain mail chain map chain migration chain of command chain of custody chain of events chain of production chain of thought chain of title chain pickerel chain pier chain pipe chain pump chain reaction chain rule chain saw chain shift chain shot chain sickle chain silicate chain sinnet chain slap chain smoke chain smoker chain smoking chain stay chain stitch chain store chain story chain suck chain tie chain tower chain up chain viper chain whip chain-cable chain-driven chain-ganger chain-ladder method chain-light chain-link chain-mail chain-melted chain-melted state chain-of-responsibility pattern chain-shot chain-smoke chain-smoker chain-smoking chain-snatch chainable chainage chainbolt chaincase chainer chainfall chainguard chainless chainlet chainlike chainlink chainlink fence chainmail chainmaking chainman chainplate chainring chainsaw chainset chainsmith chainsmoking chainsorter chainstay chainsticks chainwale chainwheel chainwide chainwise chainwork chainworks choke chain choker chain cochain cold chain cool chain cross-chain crotch chain curb chain daisy-chain decay chain descending chain condition dialect chain discrete-time Markov chain door chain drag the chain drag-chain drowning chain enchain endless chain engineer's chain first island chain forechain glycochain golden chain golden chain tree golden-chain golden-chain tree great chain of being heterochain hill chain hobble chain hobble-chain hog chain hogchain homochain human chain interchain intrachain island chain jack chain jerk someone's chain keychain kill chain ladies' chain let fluffy off the chain light chain long-chain mainchain measuring chain medium-chain medium-chain triglyceride megachain midchain minichain multichain nanochain netted chain fern nonchain off the chain off-chain on-chain open-chain paper chain pawn chain peptide chain pole chain pole-chain polymerase chain reaction polypeptide chain power chain protein chain pull someone's chain rattle someone's chain rechain roller chain safety chain seamount chain second island chain security chain short-chain sidechain single-chain slave chain straight chain straight-chain subchain supply chain visibility swap chain sympathetic chain tire chain toolchain top-chain tyre chain unchain value chain very long-chain very-long-chain watch chain watchchain word chain worm-like chain yank someone's chain

Has Part

links many links

Context

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

Has Property

unable to unlock self very difficult to cut

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

arrange building block business business concern business organisation business organization concern constraint fasten fix formation geological formation ligament linear measure linear unit necklace restraint secure series set up unit

Narrower Terms (Hyponyms)

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 snow chain subchain supply chain timing chain waist chain

Type Of (IsA)

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

arrange fasten

Part Of

bicycle chain printer chain tongs molecule

Related Terms

bikes brand name business cricket data dependent fasten fetter foot house interconnected length link links measure measuring tape metre molecule obligate obstruct pitch pointer poset pull out purchase river rod secure sequence series surveying thread totally ordered set unit warp web yard

Synonym Network

rackle range sir ernst boris chain

Used For

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 security snow tires tie down airplane tie up dog tripping runner

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.