Synonyms for chain
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1. 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, string

   Antonyms:
   unchain

2. chain, 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, string

   Antonyms:
   unchain

3. chainnoun

   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, string

   Antonyms:
   unchain

4. chainnoun

   (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, string

   Antonyms:
   unchain

5. chainnoun

   anything that acts as a restraint

   Synonyms:
   chain of mountains, mountain range, concatenation, range of mountains, range, chemical chain, mountain chain, strand, string

   Antonyms:
   unchain

6. chainnoun

   a unit of length

   Synonyms:
   chain of mountains, mountain range, concatenation, range of mountains, range, chemical chain, mountain chain, strand, string

   Antonyms:
   unchain

7. Chain, 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, string

   Antonyms:
   unchain

8. range, 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"

   Synonyms:
   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 range

   Antonyms:
   unchain

9. chainnoun

   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, string

   Antonyms:
   unchain

10. chain, 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 range

    Antonyms:
    unchain

11. chainverb

    connect or arrange into a chain by linking

    Antonyms:
    unchain

12. chainverb

    fasten or secure with chains

    "Chain the chairs together"

    Antonyms:
    unchain

Matched Categories

1. • Arrange
   • Biochemist
   • Business
   • Commercial Enterprise
   • Fasten
   • Geological Formation
   • Ligament
   • Linear Unit
   • Necklace
   • Restraint

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. coffle

   Submitted by anonymous on December 28, 2020  

2. manacled

   because there handcuffs

   Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. chainnoun

   Synonyms:
   fetter, manacle, shackle, bond

2. chainnoun

   Synonyms:
   connected series, orderly succession

3. chainverb

   Synonyms:
   fasten with a chain

4. chainverb

   Synonyms:
   confine, restrain, fetter, shackle, trammel

5. chainverb

   Synonyms:
   enslave, hold in bondage

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. chainnoun

   Synonyms:
   concatenation, catenation, series, congeries, carcanet, catena, chatelaine, necklace, gorget, links, torque, bond, shackle, fetter, tether

2. chainverb

   Synonyms:
   fetter, restrain, shackle, enslave, trammel, catenate

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "chain":

   string, chains, chaîne, channel, catena, warp, cadena, strings, hierarchy, channels, series, line, octet

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How to use chain in a sentence?

1. Hunter S. Thompson:

   It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.

2. Emerson:

   If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around you own.

3. Mike Pence:

   Turkey risks expulsion from the joint F-35 program, which will harm not just Turkey's defense capacity, but it may cripple many of the Turkish component manufacturers that supply that program, they're part of the supply chain, it's not a small economic decision for them in that regard.

4. Marcelo Kopel:

   There could be a reinforcement of provisions, if needed, we are watching the possible consequences of this in the supply chain.

5. Kirsten Gillibrand:

   No one should have to suffer the chain of command when they report these crimes.

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