Thesaurus / chains
FEEDBACKsynonyms for chains
synonyms for chains
- bar
- barbed wire
- barricade
- block
- dike
- net
- rail
- railing
- roadblock
- wall
- backstop
- balustrade
- boards
- defense
- guard
- hedge
- paling
- palisade
- pickets
- posts
- rampart
- shield
- stakes
- stockade
- stop
- bonds
- captivity
- check
- cuffs
- curb
- handcuffs
- hindrance
- irons
- manacles
- obstruction
- restraint
- shackles
- trammels
- bilboes
- ban
- constraint
- curb
- embargo
- limit
- prohibition
- reduction
- restriction
- abridgment
- arrest
- bar
- barrier
- bondage
- bridle
- captivity
- check
- command
- confinement
- cramp
- decrease
- deprivation
- detention
- determent
- deterrence
- fetters
- hindrance
- impediment
- imprisonment
- instruction
- interdict
- manacles
- obstacle
- obstruction
- order
- pinions
- rein
- repression
- rope
- stop
- stoppage
- straitjacket
- string
- taboo
- weight
- bondage
- enslavement
- serfdom
- subjugation
- bonds
- confinement
- obedience
- peonage
- serfhood
- subjection
- thrall
- thralldom
- vassalage
- yoke
antonyms for chains
MOST RELEVANT
- allowance
- enlargement
- permission
- advantage
- aid
- assistance
- beginning
- continuation
- encouragement
- expansion
- freedom
- go
- help
- independence
- indulgence
- liberation
- liberty
- license
- promotion
- release
- start
- support
- agitation
- arousal
- wildness
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use chains in a sentence
They are ovoid in shape, and lie in pairs, end to end, often forming short chains.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDThere are no chains to my prison, no steel cuffs to gall the limbs, no guards to threaten and cow me.
THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYDIt was encircled by a ditch, but the drawbridge was down, and the rust on its chains argued that long had it been so.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIThese bacilli (Fig. 89) are large (5 to 10 long), non-motile, and usually arranged end to end in chains.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDStreptococci are arranged side by side, forming chains of variable length (Fig. 114).
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDWhen they form short chains, demonstration of the capsule is necessary to distinguish them from streptococci.
A MANUAL OF CLINICAL DIAGNOSISJAMES CAMPBELL TODDThey 'ung 'im in the lamp chains right hover the dinin' table, and then finished the dessert.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSThe prophet sends chains to divers kings, signifying that they must bend their necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSOne is reproduced here, chiefly with the object of showing the pleasing roadside humour of hanging criminals in chains.
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPERGold chains for the neck and arms, and gold ear-rings, with a flower in the hair, complete a Pernambucan woman's dress.
JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO BRAZILMARIA GRAHAMWORDS RELATED TO CHAINS
- abridgment
- arrest
- ban
- bar
- barrier
- bondage
- bridle
- captivity
- chains
- check
- command
- confinement
- constraint
- cramp
- curb
- decrease
- deprivation
- detention
- determent
- deterrence
- embargo
- fetters
- hindrance
- impediment
- imprisonment
- instruction
- interdict
- limit
- manacles
- obstacle
- obstruction
- order
- pinions
- prohibition
- reduction
- rein
- repression
- restriction
- rope
- stop
- stoppage
- straitjacket
- string
- taboo
- weight
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.