Synonyms for leash
liʃleash

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1. leashnoun

   Antonyms:
   unleash

2. leashnoun

   To fasten or secure with a leash.

   Antonyms:
   unleash

3. leashverb

   to curb, restrain

   Antonyms:
   unleash

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1. leash, tether, leadnoun

   restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

   Synonyms:
   hint, tercet, lead-in, wind, tierce, atomic number 82, trine, ternion, confidential information, lead, leading, terzetto, triad, tether, lead story, steer, lede, jumper lead, trail, triplet, ternary, trio, three, troika, collar, jumper cable, threesome, booster cable, deuce-ace, principal, star, pencil lead, trinity, trey, tip, track, spark advance

2. three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-acenoun

   the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

   Synonyms:
   lead, third, tether, trio, collar, one-third, ternary, deuce-ace, tierce, trinity, triplet, terce, triple, threesome, triad, trine, troika, ternion, tercet, trey, terzetto, three, common chord

3. collar, leashverb

   a figurative restraint

   "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash"

   Synonyms:
   lead, dog collar, shoe collar, trey, trio, collar, troika, ternary, terzetto, ternion, tierce, trinity, triplet, catch, neckband, threesome, pinch, trine, choker, tether, deuce-ace, three, apprehension, triad, taking into custody, arrest, tercet

4. rope, leashverb

   fasten with a rope

   "rope the bag securely"

   Synonyms:
   lasso, rope

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1. leashnoun

   Synonyms:
   thong or string (for holding a dog or a hawk)

2. leashnoun

   Synonyms:
   three (greyhounds, &c.)

3. leashverb

   Synonyms:
   tie, tie together

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1. List of paraphrases for "leash":

   leave

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. leash

   Synonyms:
   An elongated fascicular group of nerves, blood vessels, fibers, or similar structures, ~bundle
   

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1. Caroline Vandergriff/KOKH:

   It made me wonder whether someone stole her for dog fighting and either cut or tried to starve her to make her aggressive, bridget was also found wearing her distinctive pink, floral collar, and her leash, and my phone number was scratched off her tag — maybe the thief got spooked by all the media attention and dumped her on a random road.

2. Manager Dave Roberts:

   After that fourth inning, he said he was starting to feel it a little bit, so that's why going into that fifth inning, it was going to be a short leash, and when I took the ball, he said, 'I gave it all I had,' and that's what you want from a player.

3. Liu Youbin:

   Weather conditions last month in Beijing were the worst over the past six years with slow wind, little rain and high temperatures, but average pollution readings were able to stay at same level as the past five years, the air pollution campaign has entered a stage of stalemate, as Chairman Mao described in his famous book 'On Protracted War'... The efforts we made have sometimes been offset by unfavorable weather, and it will take time for us to slip the leash of weather conditions to win the war.

4. Brad Goering:

   She has a tether strap, which is basically a leash that goes between London and Kye. That gives us, gives Kye the ability to walk alone. She doesn’t have to be holding the hand of an adult all the time and she feels like she’s walking London.

5. Alexander Lukashenko:

   You don't pressure us! we have been and will be your reliable friends, but if you try to hurt us, I won't tolerate that. We aren't puppies to be taken on a leash.