chained
Bound by links
Chained means fastened or secured with a chain, or figuratively bound and restricted.
A chained dog is tethered; a chained bicycle is locked.
The figurative sense suggests constraint or bondage: chained to a desk, chained to debt.
In computing, chained operations or commands execute in sequence, each triggered by the previous: chained API calls.
Bound with metal restraints
- handcuffedWrists locked together
- manacledBound by wrist restraints
- fetteredBound in chains
- tetheredFastened by a line
leashed · bound · tied · secured · anchored · moored · lashed · strapped
Held in custody
- cagedConfined by bars
- trappedUnable to escape
- incarceratedConfined in prison
- detainedHeld against one's will
locked up · held captive · penned · cooped up · bound · restrained · captive · dungeon
Made someone's property
- subjugatedBrought under control
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
- slaveryOwnership of people
yoked · captivity · human trafficking · forced labor · indentured · unfree · chattel · liberation
Unable to escape
- stuckUnable to move
- boundSecured or destined
- constrainedForced into narrow limits
- burdenedCarrying a heavy load
weighed down · held back · restricted · limited · tied down · anchored · obligated · committed
shackled
Bound with metal restraints
- handcuffedWrists locked together
- manacledBound by wrist restraints
- fetteredBound in chains
tethered · leashed · bound · tied · secured · anchored · moored · lashed · strapped · pinioned
imprisoned
Held in custody
- cagedConfined by bars
- trappedUnable to escape
- incarceratedConfined in prison
detained · locked up · held captive · penned · cooped up · bound · restrained · captive · dungeon · cell
enslaved
Made someone's property
- subjugatedBrought under control
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- servitudeCompulsory labor under masters
slavery · yoked · captivity · human trafficking · forced labor · indentured · unfree · chattel · liberation · abolition
trapped
Unable to escape
- stuckUnable to move
- boundSecured or destined
- constrainedForced into narrow limits
burdened · weighed down · held back · restricted · limited · tied down · anchored · obligated · committed · indebted
interconnected
Joined in multiple ways
- sequencedPut in order
- concatenatedLinked in series
- linkedFastened to another
coupled · connected · strung together · threaded · joined · attached · fastened · hooked · latched · series
- stuckjammed, clogged, trapped, stuck in mud, snowed in
- burdensburden, load, onus, obligations, weight
- captivitycaptive, prisoner, detained, imprisoned, incarcerated
- boundbound, tied, restrained, confined, restricted
- fastening statesfastened, unfastened, locked, unlocked, latched
- locked outblocked, barred, excluded, denied, banned
chainedunchained
Freed from restraints
unbound · loose · unshackled · unfettered · released
chainedfree
Without payment or restriction
liberated · emancipated · independent · autonomous · self-governing
chaineddetached
Apart or uninvolved
unfastened · disconnected · unsecured · unmoored · adrift
- food chainEcological feeding hierarchy
- chain letterSelf-replicating correspondence scheme
- chain reactionSelf-sustaining causal sequence
- chain sawMotorized cutting tool
- key chainRing holding multiple openers
- gold chainLinked yellow metal jewelry
chain, chains, anchor chain, unchained, chaining, supply chain, enchain, food chain, enchained