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.

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pack

  • abundance
  • alliance
  • army
  • arrange
  • assemblage
  • backpack
  • bag
  • baggage
  • bale
  • band
  • barrel
  • basketful
  • batch
  • bear
  • bevy
  • bind
  • bloat
  • bloc
  • block
  • boatload
  • body
  • bonanza
  • bosom
  • box
  • brace
  • brim
  • bring
  • brotherhood
  • buck
  • bucket
  • bulk
  • bunch
  • bundle
  • bung
  • burden
  • bushel
  • camp
  • carload
  • carry
  • carry-on
  • carryall
  • cart
  • caulk
  • charge
  • charmed circle
  • chink
  • chock
  • choke
  • chummy
  • chunk
  • circle
  • clan
  • clannish
  • clique
  • cliquey
  • cliquish
  • clog
  • close
  • close-knit
  • closed shop
  • clot
  • club
  • coalition
  • collect
  • collection
  • college
  • commune
  • community
  • company
  • compress
  • condense
  • confederation
  • congest
  • congress
  • container
  • contract
  • convey
  • coterie
  • council
  • coven
  • cram
  • crate
  • crew
  • crowd
  • crush
  • dam
  • deal
  • deck
  • deliver
  • deluge
  • display
  • dispose
  • dozen
  • drench
  • drive in
  • drove
  • elite
  • embarrassment
  • epidemic
  • equipment
  • excess
  • exclusive
  • exhibit
  • faction
  • familiar
  • fanny pack
  • fasten
  • federation
  • fellowship
  • ferry
  • fetch
  • fill
  • fistful
  • flaunt
  • flock
  • flood
  • fold
  • forbidding
  • forward
  • fraternity
  • freight
  • friendly
  • gang
  • gather
  • gazillion
  • get ready
  • gild
  • glut
  • gobs
  • good deal
  • great deal
  • grip
  • guild
  • gun
  • hand over
  • handbag
  • haul
  • haversack
  • heap
  • heel
  • herd
  • holdall
  • honeycomb
  • horde
  • host
  • hump
  • hundred
  • in-group
  • incestuous
  • inhospitable
  • inseparable
  • insert
  • intimate
  • jag
  • jam
  • jam-pack
  • jillion
  • journey
  • kazillion
  • kit bag
  • klatch
  • klatsch
  • knapsack
  • lade
  • lashings
  • lashins
  • league
  • legion
  • load
  • loads
  • lot
  • lug
  • luggage
  • lump
  • mass
  • mat
  • mess
  • million
  • mob
  • mountain
  • move
  • much
  • multiplicity
  • multitude
  • myriad
  • network
  • number
  • obstruct
  • occlude
  • oodles
  • order
  • organization
  • outfit
  • overabundance
  • overage
  • overcharge
  • overfill
  • overflow
  • overkill
  • overmuch
  • overnight bag
  • overnight case
  • oversupply
  • package
  • packet
  • packsack
  • pally
  • palsy
  • palsy-walsy
  • parade
  • parcel
  • passel
  • peck
  • penetrate
  • piggyback
  • pile
  • plague
  • plateful
  • plenitude
  • plentitude
  • plenty
  • plethora
  • plug
  • poke
  • portmanteau
  • pot
  • potful
  • pouch
  • press
  • profusion
  • push
  • put away
  • put in order
  • quantity
  • quite a bit
  • raft
  • ram
  • ram in
  • rash
  • reams
  • redundancy
  • refill
  • refresh
  • reload
  • remove
  • repack
  • replenish
  • restuff
  • ride
  • ring
  • rucksack
  • sack
  • sardine
  • saturate
  • scads
  • school bag
  • score
  • sea
  • seabag
  • seal
  • sect
  • send
  • set
  • sheaf
  • shift
  • ship
  • shipload
  • shlep
  • shoulder
  • shove
  • show
  • show off
  • side
  • sight
  • sisterhood
  • slew
  • snobbish
  • snobby
  • society
  • sodality
  • sorority
  • spate
  • sport
  • squad
  • squash
  • squeeze
  • stack
  • stop
  • store
  • stow
  • stuff
  • suitcase
  • superabundance
  • superfluity
  • surfeit
  • surplus
  • swamp
  • swarm
  • take
  • tamp
  • thick
  • thousands
  • throng
  • thrust in
  • tie
  • tight
  • ton
  • top off
  • tote
  • transfer
  • transmit
  • transport
  • traveling bag
  • trek
  • tribe
  • trillion
  • troop
  • truck
  • truckload
  • truss
  • unfriendly
  • union
  • volume
  • wad
  • warehouse
  • wealth
  • wedge
  • weekend bag
  • yard
  • zillion

tack

  • add
  • adhere
  • affix
  • aim
  • alteration
  • annex
  • append
  • approach
  • attach
  • baste
  • batten
  • bearing
  • belay
  • bend
  • blueprint
  • bolt
  • brad
  • button
  • cinch
  • clamp
  • clasp
  • clench
  • clinch
  • clip
  • coapt
  • connect
  • deflection
  • design
  • detour
  • deviate
  • deviation
  • digression
  • direction
  • diverge
  • do up
  • double
  • echelon
  • expedient
  • fashion
  • fasten
  • fix
  • form
  • game
  • game plan
  • glue
  • ground plan
  • hang
  • harness
  • hasp
  • heading
  • hem
  • how
  • intrigue
  • join
  • lace
  • lash
  • latch
  • layout
  • line
  • link
  • manner
  • method
  • methodology
  • mode
  • model
  • modus operandi
  • mount
  • move
  • nail
  • oblique course
  • paste
  • path
  • pin
  • plan
  • plaster
  • plot
  • point
  • point of sail
  • policy
  • practice
  • practise
  • procedure
  • process
  • program
  • pushpin
  • reaffix
  • reattach
  • recipe
  • refasten
  • refix
  • resecure
  • rivet
  • route
  • routine
  • scheme
  • screw
  • set
  • sew
  • shackle
  • sheer
  • shift
  • siding
  • sidling
  • staple
  • step
  • stick
  • stitch
  • strap
  • strategy
  • style
  • sweep
  • swerve
  • swing
  • switch
  • system
  • tackle
  • tactic
  • tactics
  • tag
  • tangent
  • technique
  • thumbtack
  • tie
  • toggle
  • turn
  • turn back
  • turn off
  • unite
  • variation
  • veer
  • way
  • wheel
  • yaw
  • yoke
  • zigzag

tag

tag along

  • accompany
  • associate
  • associate with
  • attach
  • attend
  • bedog
  • bind
  • bracket
  • bring
  • bring up the rear
  • catenate
  • chaperon
  • chaperone
  • chase
  • combine
  • come along
  • come with
  • companion
  • company
  • concatenate
  • conduct
  • conjoin
  • conjugate
  • consort
  • convoy
  • couple
  • dally
  • dangle
  • date
  • dawdle
  • defend
  • delay
  • dog
  • dog the footsteps of
  • draft
  • drag
  • draggle
  • draw
  • droop
  • drop back
  • escort
  • extend
  • fall back
  • fall behind
  • falter
  • fasten
  • flag
  • follow
  • follow a scent
  • freeze
  • give chase
  • go after
  • go along
  • go with
  • group
  • guard
  • guide
  • halt
  • hang
  • hang around with
  • hang back
  • hang down
  • hang out
  • haul
  • hitch on
  • hook up
  • hound
  • hunt
  • identify
  • incorporate
  • interface
  • join
  • keep company
  • lag
  • lead
  • linger
  • loiter
  • look after
  • meld with
  • network
  • nose out
  • onto
  • persecute
  • pilot
  • plod
  • plug into
  • poke
  • poke along
  • procrastinate
  • protect
  • pull
  • pursue
  • put a tail on
  • relate
  • run after
  • run down
  • schlepp along
  • search
  • see
  • seek
  • shadow
  • shag
  • shlep along
  • show about
  • show around
  • slap on
  • spook
  • spoor
  • squire
  • stalk
  • steer
  • stick to
  • straggle
  • stream
  • string along
  • tack on
  • tag
  • tag after
  • tag on
  • tail
  • tailgate
  • take out
  • take out after
  • tarry
  • team up with
  • throw in with
  • tie
  • tie in with
  • tow
  • trace
  • track
  • traipse
  • trudge
  • unite
  • usher
  • walk
  • yoke

yoke

  • articulate
  • associate
  • attach
  • bondage
  • bracket
  • buckle
  • burden
  • captivity
  • catenate
  • cement
  • chain
  • coalesce
  • combine
  • compound
  • concatenate
  • conjoin
  • conjugate
  • connect
  • cord
  • couple
  • coupling
  • dependance
  • dependence
  • dovetail
  • enchainment
  • enslavement
  • fasten
  • fix
  • fuse
  • harness
  • helotry
  • hitch
  • hook
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • integrate
  • interconnect
  • interlink
  • interlock
  • intermesh
  • join
  • knot
  • ligament
  • ligature
  • link
  • nexus
  • oppression
  • peonage
  • secure
  • serfdom
  • service
  • servility
  • servitude
  • slavery
  • splice
  • strap
  • string
  • subjection
  • subjugation
  • tack
  • thraldom
  • thrall
  • thralldom
  • tie
  • unite
  • wed
  • weld
  • wire

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