as in to untie
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of untether
Jafferis hopes to untether it by installing a power source on the craft itself.
—
Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2012
It gets skewed into these wild and intensely dogmatic beliefs that untether people from reality.
—Candice Benbow, Essence, 15 Dec. 2022
With Revolver, the Beatles finally took the time to untether themselves from their past.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2022
Many want to untether their careers from their identities.
—Lindsay Ellis and Angela Yang, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
See All Example Sentences for untether
Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2012
It gets skewed into these wild and intensely dogmatic beliefs that untether people from reality.
—Candice Benbow, Essence, 15 Dec. 2022
With Revolver, the Beatles finally took the time to untether themselves from their past.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2022
Many want to untether their careers from their identities.
—Lindsay Ellis and Angela Yang, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
See All Example Sentences for untether
Recent Examples of Synonyms for untether
Verb
-
According to some versions of the legend, Alexander the Great gave up on untying the knot and just cut through it with his sword.—
Joshua Rothman,
The New Yorker,
31 Dec. 2024
-
Even though Iris prefaced their weekend getaway with a disturbing intrusive thought about a previous boyfriend, her big unhinged moment is ultimately a passive decision to not untie her non-boyfriend.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2025
Verb
-
If this production misses some of the heartbreak of the original piece, the chaos unleashed when Serebryakov returns home with his young wife Yelena (Ito Aghayere) in tow creates a lovely sense of intimacy amid the melancholy.—
Karen D'Souza,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
-
The shooting unleashed a flood of online complaints about U.S. health care.—
Alex Harring,Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
-
The book was centered on the idea that Russia’s geography is its fate and that there is nothing any ruler can do to unbind himself from the necessities of securing his lands.—
Anton Barbashin,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Mar. 2014
-
The blazers who run the major championships have not yet commissioned sculptures of these two women, who so unbound their sport and gave the gift of professional aspiration to so many.—
Sally Jenkins,
Anchorage Daily News,
3 July 2023
Verb
-
Grant, meanwhile, wore a simple black suit and a white button-up shirt with the first few buttons unfastened in a boyish manner.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
29 Jan. 2025
-
Ayoola attempted to put his fingers between his neck and the seatbelt, and was unable to unfasten his seatbelt.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
8 Sep. 2024
Cite this Entry
“Untether.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/untether. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share