Meanings
- not comparableThat has no shackles, or is not in shackles.
Near-synonyms: unshackled, fetterless, unfettered, unchained; unmanacled, unhandcuffed
1 more example
Two horses milled shackleless along the street, and a flower seller screamed her abuse as she returned crushed bouquets to her overturned basket.
1994, Maria Greene, An Inconvenient MarriageSynonyms: unshackled, fetterless, unfettered, unchained, unmanacled, unhandcuffed
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat has no shackles, or is not in shackles.
Origin
Cite this entry
shackleless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shackleless
“shackleless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shackleless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shackleless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shackleless.
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