FETTER meaning: Restrains or restricts freedom significantly

We found 30 dictionaries that define the word fetter:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

fetter: Merriam-Webster
fetter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
fetter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
fetter: Collins English Dictionary
fetter: Vocabulary.com
Fetter, fetter: Wordnik
fetter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Fetter, fetter: Wiktionary
fetter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
fetter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
fetter: Infoplease Dictionary
Fetter, fetter: Dictionary.com
fetter (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
Fetter (Buddhism), Fetter (disambiguation), Fetter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Fetter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
fetter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
fetter: Rhymezone
Fetter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
fetter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
fetter: FreeDictionary.org
fetter: Mnemonic Dictionary
fetter: TheFreeDictionary.com
fetter: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
fetter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)

fetter: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

fetter: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)

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Slang (1 matching dictionary)

fetter: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal – often by its legs (usually in plural).
▸ noun:  (figurative) Anything that restricts or restrains.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To shackle or bind up with fetters.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To restrain or impede; to hamper.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:

shackle, hobble, fetterer, chain, clinker, garnish, chainer, bind, bondage, enchainment, more...

Opposite:

free, unfettered, unbound, unbridled

Types:

chain, shackle, manacle, cuff, bracelet, anklet, shackles, handcuffs, more...

Phrases:

fetter bone, fetter bush, more...

Adjectives:

last, golden, such, strongest, heavy, galling, second, additional, single, only, third

Colors:

gray, black, dark brown, rust, charcoal, more...