fasten

The word “fasten” has 2 syllables: fas-ten

It's pronounced as /ˈfæsn/


What is synonym and antonym for fasten?

In the thesaurus, “fasten” has 115 synonyms and 60 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for fasten along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for fasten

  • adhere
  • affix
  • aim
  • anchor
  • attach
  • attend
  • band
  • bar
  • batten
  • belay
  • belt
  • bend
  • bind
  • bolt
  • bond
  • brace
  • button
  • catch
  • cement
  • center
  • chain
  • cinch
  • clamp
  • clasp
  • cleave
  • clench
  • clinch
  • clip
  • close
  • coapt
  • cohere
  • concentrate
  • connect
  • couple
  • direct
  • do up
  • embed
  • engrain
  • entrench
  • establish
  • fix
  • focus
  • freeze to
  • girth
  • glue
  • grip
  • hang
  • harness
  • hasp
  • heed
  • hitch
  • hitch on
  • hold
  • hook
  • hook up
  • imbed
  • implant
  • infix
  • ingrain
  • intrench
  • jam
  • join
  • knot
  • lace
  • lash
  • latch
  • leash
  • level
  • link
  • lock
  • lodge
  • make firm
  • mind
  • moor
  • mortise
  • nail
  • paste
  • pin
  • plaster
  • point
  • reaffix
  • reattach
  • refasten
  • refix
  • refocus
  • resecure
  • rivet
  • rope
  • screw
  • seal
  • secure
  • set
  • settle
  • shackle
  • solder
  • staple
  • stay put
  • stick
  • strap
  • strengthen
  • string
  • stuff
  • tack
  • tack on
  • tackle
  • tag
  • tie
  • tighten
  • toggle
  • train
  • truss
  • unite
  • wedge
  • weld
  • yoke

Antonyms for fasten

  • allow
  • break up
  • confuse
  • destroy
  • detach
  • disconnect
  • discourage
  • disjoin
  • disjoint
  • displace
  • dissever
  • dissociate
  • dissuade
  • disunite
  • divide
  • divorce
  • extract
  • forget
  • free
  • halt
  • leave
  • let go
  • loose
  • loosen
  • lose
  • open
  • part
  • permit
  • prize
  • pry
  • pull
  • refuse
  • release
  • remove
  • separate
  • sever
  • split
  • sunder
  • unbind
  • unchain
  • uncouple
  • undo
  • unfasten
  • unfix
  • unhitch
  • unhook
  • unlace
  • unlash
  • unlink
  • unlock
  • unloose
  • unloosen
  • unseal
  • unsettle
  • unstick
  • untie
  • unyoke
  • uproot
  • wrest
  • yank

Meanings of fasten

  • verb
    1. To attach or connect in a secure manner.
    2. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.

Example Sentences

  • Please fasten your seatbelt before the flight begins.
  • She asked him to fasten the button on her dress.
  • Remember to fasten the door securely before leaving the house.
  • The teacher reminded the students to fasten their backpacks tightly.
  • He struggled to fasten the strap of his watch before the meeting started.

On this page you'll find 175 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fasten, such as: adhere, affix, aim, allow, anchor, attach, attend.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

unclasps

unbuttoning

tacking

  • adhering
  • affixing
  • attaching
  • battening
  • belaying
  • bending
  • bolting
  • buttoning
  • cinching
  • clamping
  • clasping
  • clenching
  • clinching
  • clipping
  • coapting
  • connecting
  • detouring
  • deviating
  • diverging
  • doing up
  • fastening
  • fixing
  • glueing
  • gluing
  • hanging
  • harnessing
  • hasping
  • joining
  • lacing
  • lashing
  • latching
  • linking
  • nailing
  • pasting
  • pinning
  • plastering
  • reaffixing
  • reattaching
  • refastening
  • refixing
  • resecuring
  • riveting
  • screwing
  • shackling
  • sheering
  • stapling
  • sticking
  • strapping
  • swerving
  • swinging
  • tackling
  • tieing
  • toggling
  • turning
  • turning back
  • turning off
  • tying
  • uniting
  • veering
  • wheeling
  • yoking
  • zigzagging

bands

  • accumulations
  • administrations
  • agglomerations
  • aggregates
  • aggregations
  • alliances
  • annulets
  • armies
  • arrays
  • assemblages
  • assemblies
  • assortments
  • bandages
  • banks
  • bars
  • batches
  • battalions
  • batteries
  • beckets
  • begirds
  • belts
  • bevies
  • binds
  • blazes
  • blocks
  • blocs
  • bodies
  • bonds
  • boodles
  • bracelets
  • braces
  • brass bands
  • brasses
  • brigades
  • broods
  • bunches
  • captivities
  • chains
  • chamber orchestras
  • cinches
  • cinctures
  • circles
  • clans
  • cliques
  • clots
  • clumps
  • clusters
  • clutches
  • coalitions
  • coils
  • collars
  • collections
  • collectives
  • combos
  • companies
  • confederacies
  • confederations
  • confinements
  • conglomerations
  • congregations
  • consorts
  • constellations
  • constraints
  • cords
  • corps
  • coteries
  • coveys
  • crews
  • crops
  • crossbars
  • cuffs
  • curbs
  • curls
  • cycles
  • departments
  • duos
  • enchainments
  • enchains
  • engirdles
  • engirds
  • ensembles
  • enslavements
  • enswathes
  • entanglements
  • entangles
  • enwinds
  • enwreathes
  • eyes
  • factions
  • fasteners
  • federations
  • fellowships
  • fetters
  • forces
  • furls
  • gangs
  • garters
  • gatherings
  • gilds
  • girdles
  • girds
  • girths
  • girts
  • groupings
  • groups
  • guilds
  • handcuffs
  • hanks
  • help
  • hindrances
  • hobbles
  • hodgepodges
  • hold-downs
  • holdings
  • holds
  • hoops
  • hosts
  • huddles
  • immurements
  • imprisonments
  • incarcerations
  • interlaces
  • intertwines
  • interweaves
  • irons
  • jumbles
  • knots
  • laces
  • lashes
  • leagues
  • leashes
  • ligatures
  • loops
  • lots
  • manacles
  • miscellanies
  • mixtures
  • musters
  • nets
  • octets
  • odds and ends
  • orchestras
  • orders
  • organizations
  • outfits
  • packages
  • parcels
  • parties
  • passels
  • personnels
  • phalanges
  • phalanxes
  • philharmonics
  • pinstripes
  • platoons
  • posses
  • quartets
  • quartettes
  • quintets
  • restraints
  • restrictions
  • rings
  • ropes
  • rounds
  • runs
  • schools
  • sects
  • septets
  • series
  • sets
  • sextets
  • shackles
  • shoulder straps
  • sinfoniettas
  • snarls
  • spirals
  • spires
  • squadrons
  • squads
  • stables
  • staffs
  • staves
  • straightjackets
  • straitjackets
  • straps
  • streaks
  • strings
  • stripes
  • suites
  • suits
  • sundries
  • swathes
  • symphonies
  • symphony orchestras
  • tangles
  • tapes
  • task forces
  • teams
  • tethers
  • the whole kit and caboodle
  • threads
  • ties
  • ties up
  • trammels
  • traps
  • trios
  • troops
  • troupes
  • trusses
  • twirls
  • twists
  • unions
  • varieties
  • whorls
  • winds
  • wires
  • woodwinds
  • wraps
  • wreathes
  • wreaths

unbolt

  • alleviate
  • bare
  • become unfastened
  • break in
  • break out
  • break up
  • broach
  • burst
  • bust in
  • come apart
  • crack
  • decipher
  • deliver
  • detach
  • discharge
  • disclose
  • disconnect
  • disengage
  • disenthrall
  • disjoin
  • display
  • disrupt
  • ease
  • ease off
  • emancipate
  • expand
  • extricate
  • fissure
  • free
  • gap
  • gape
  • hole
  • jimmy
  • kick in
  • lacerate
  • lance
  • lax
  • let go
  • let out
  • liberate
  • loose
  • manumit
  • mitigate
  • open
  • open the door
  • penetrate
  • perforate
  • pierce
  • pop
  • puncture
  • relax
  • release
  • reveal
  • rupture
  • separate
  • set free
  • sever
  • slacken
  • slip
  • slit
  • slot
  • split
  • tap
  • throw wide
  • unbar
  • unblock
  • unbuckle
  • unbutton
  • unchain
  • unclasp
  • unclench
  • unclose
  • unclothe
  • uncork
  • uncover
  • undo
  • unfasten
  • unfix
  • unfold
  • unfurl
  • unhitch
  • unhook
  • unlace
  • unlash
  • unlatch
  • unleash
  • unlock
  • unloose
  • unpin
  • unravel
  • unroll
  • unscrew
  • unseal
  • unshut
  • unsnap
  • unstick
  • unstop
  • unstrap
  • untie
  • untighten
  • unwrap
  • unzip
  • vent
  • ventilate
  • work free
  • work loose
  • yawn
  • yawp

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