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Synonyms for chain
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Princeton's WordNet
chain, concatenationnoun
a series of things depending on each other as if linked together
"the chain of command"; "a complicated concatenation of circumstances"
Synonyms:
chain of mountains, mountain range, concatenation, range of mountains, range, chemical chain, mountain chain, strand, stringAntonyms:
unchainchain, chemical chainnoun
(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
Synonyms:
chain of mountains, mountain range, concatenation, range of mountains, range, chemical chain, mountain chain, strand, stringAntonyms:
unchainchainnoun
a series of (usually metal) rings or links fitted into one another to make a flexible ligament
Synonyms:
chain of mountains, mountain range, concatenation, range of mountains, range, chemical chain, mountain chain, strand, stringAntonyms:
unchainchainnoun
(business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
Synonyms:
chain of mountains, mountain range, concatenation, range of mountains, range, chemical chain, mountain chain, strand, stringAntonyms:
unchainchainnoun
anything that acts as a restraint
Synonyms:
chain of mountains, mountain range, concatenation, range of mountains, range, chemical chain, mountain chain, strand, stringAntonyms:
unchainchainnoun
a unit of length
Synonyms:
chain of mountains, mountain range, concatenation, range of mountains, range, chemical chain, mountain chain, strand, stringAntonyms:
unchainChain, Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Ernst Boris Chainnoun
British biochemist (born in Germany) who isolated and purified penicillin, which had been discovered in 1928 by Sir Alexander Fleming (1906-1979)
Synonyms:
chain of mountains, mountain range, concatenation, range of mountains, range, chemical chain, mountain chain, strand, stringAntonyms:
unchainrange, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountainsnoun
a series of hills or mountains
"the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range"
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compass, string, orbit, reach, strand, range of mountains, ambit, chemical chain, range of a function, range, image, kitchen range, concatenation, chain of mountains, kitchen stove, scope, mountain chain, grasp, cooking stove, stove, mountain rangeAntonyms:
unchainchainnoun
a linked or connected series of objects
"a chain of daisies"
Synonyms:
chain of mountains, mountain range, concatenation, range of mountains, range, chemical chain, mountain chain, strand, stringAntonyms:
unchainchain, string, strandverb
a necklace made by a stringing objects together
"a string of beads"; "a strand of pearls";
Synonyms:
cosmic string, range, strand, range of mountains, chemical chain, bowed stringed instrument, fibril, concatenation, train, chain of mountains, drawstring, filament, drawing string, mountain chain, twine, string, mountain rangeAntonyms:
unchainchainverb
connect or arrange into a chain by linking
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unchainchainverb
fasten or secure with chains
"Chain the chairs together"
Antonyms:
unchain
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Editors Contribution
coffle
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because there handcuffs
Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
chainnoun
chainnoun
Synonyms:
connected series, orderly successionchainverb
Synonyms:
fasten with a chainchainverb
chainverb
Synonyms:
enslave, hold in bondage
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#228 | line | |
#376 | image | |
#475 | series | |
#605 | range | |
#1193 | channel | |
#1567 | string | |
#2242 | chain | |
#2254 | reach | |
#2505 | train | |
#3262 | channels | |
#3270 | scope | |
#5333 | strings | |
#6217 | chains | |
#8561 | strand | |
#8571 | hierarchy | |
#9591 | orbit | |
#10647 | compass | |
#11730 | stove | |
#13142 | grasp | |
#15716 | warp | |
#16204 | octet | |
#27883 | filament | |
#32134 | drawstring | |
#40999 | concatenation | |
#43915 | twine | |
#59386 | ambit | |
#88107 | cadena | |
#89807 | catena | |
#111055 | chaine | |
#146327 | fibril |
How to use chain in a sentence?
You can't turn your supply chain on a dime.
The companies' activities are largely complementary and they are generally not active at the same level of the supply chain. However, both parties are present in the business for specialty chemicals for the mining and refining industry.
It's your clients, i am concerned about your clients, each and every one starting at the top of the food chain.
Secret Service Director Joe Clancy:
It's going to take time to change some of this culture, there's no excuse for this information not to come up the chain. That's going to take time because I'm going to have to build trust with our workforce.
As a government we don't depend on him, not the government nor the population, sure, there's a chain (of people) who depend on his businesses, but he's no Robin Hood.
Translations for chain
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- huidigeAfrikaans
- سلسلةArabic
- zəncir, cariAzerbaijani
- ланцугBelarusian
- верига, поредицаBulgarian
- শৃঙ্খলBengali
- chadennBreton
- cadenaCatalan, Valencian
- řetěz, řetězec, zřetězeníCzech
- cadwynWelsh
- kædeDanish
- Kette, kettenGerman
- αλυσίδα, σειρά, άλυσος, δεσμά, αλυσοδένωGreek
- ĉenoEsperanto
- cadenaSpanish
- ahel, kettEstonian
- زنجیرPersian
- ketju, kauppaketju, kettinki, ketjulla, ketjuttaa, sulkea, ketjuttua, kahlitaFinnish
- chaîne, enchaîner, chaînerFrench
- slabhraIrish
- cuibhreachScottish Gaelic
- cadea, cadenaGalician
- שרשרת, רשת, לשרשרHebrew
- श्रृंखला, सिलसिला, ज़ंजीरHindi
- lánc, sor, sorozat, láncolatHungarian
- շղթա, ցանցArmenian
- rantaiIndonesian
- katenoIdo
- keðjaIcelandic
- catena, concatenareItalian
- 連続, 連鎖, 鎖, チェーンJapanese
- ჯაჭვიGeorgian
- тізбек, шынжырKazakh
- ច្រវាក់Khmer
- 사슬, 체인Korean
- زنجیرKurdish
- чынжырKyrgyz
- catenaLatin
- ໂສ້Lao
- grandinėLithuanian
- ķēde, virkneLatvian
- mekamekaMāori
- ланец, lanec, оковуваMacedonian
- гинжMongolian
- rentetan, rantai, membelenggu, merantaiMalay
- ကြိုး, သံကြိုးBurmese
- keten, opeenvolging, ketting, aaneenrijging, aaneenschakelingDutch
- kjede, kjetting, rekke, lenkeNorwegian
- cadenaOccitan
- łańcuch, siećPolish
- cadeia, correntePortuguese
- cadeina, cadagna, chadagna, chadainaRomansh
- lanțRomanian
- цепь, сеть, цепочка, ланцуг, последовательность, серияRussian
- ланац, veruga, veriga, верига, вериге, lanac, веруга, verigeSerbo-Croatian
- ඇකිල්ලSinhala, Sinhalese
- reťazSlovak
- verigaSlovene
- zinxhirAlbanian
- kedja, kedja fastSwedish
- ushanga, bangili, mikufuSwahili
- గొలుసుTelugu
- занҷирTajik
- โซ่Thai
- zynjyrTurkmen
- kadenaTagalog
- zincirTurkish
- чылбырTatar
- ланцюг, ланцюжокUkrainian
- سلسلہ, زنجیرUrdu
- zanjir, tizmaUzbek
- dây xíchVietnamese
- tchinneWalloon
- קייטYiddish
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