tethered

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adjective

Tied, strapped, especially with tethers or hobbles.

“Many mobile phones are equipped with software to offer tethered Internet access.”

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Meanings

adjective
  1. biologyTied, strapped, especially with tethers or hobbles.
  2. businessconnected (especially a mobile phone to a computer, for use as a wireless modem)

    Many mobile phones are equipped with software to offer tethered Internet access.

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of tether

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveconfined or restricted with or as if with a rope or chain

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bound

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Spanish atado, con atadura
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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

detether
Cite this entry
APA

tethered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tethered

MLA

“tethered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tethered. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tethered,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tethered.

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