fastener

The word “fastener” has 3 syllables: fas-ten-er

It's pronounced as /ˈfæsnər/


What is synonym and antonym for fastener?

In the thesaurus, “fastener” has 45 synonyms and 1 antonym.

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


Synonyms for fastener

  • band
  • bind
  • bolt
  • bond
  • bracelet
  • buckle
  • button
  • captivity
  • catch
  • chain
  • clasp
  • collar
  • confinement
  • constraint
  • curb
  • enchainment
  • enslavement
  • entanglement
  • fastening
  • fetter
  • hindrance
  • hobble
  • hold
  • hold-down
  • holding
  • immurement
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • irons
  • latch
  • ligature
  • lock
  • net
  • restraint
  • restriction
  • rivet
  • screw
  • shackle
  • snap
  • stapler
  • straightjacket
  • straitjacket
  • tie
  • trammel
  • trap

Antonyms for fastener

Meanings of fastener

  • noun
    1. Something or someone that fastens.
    2. Mechanically, any device that fastens; especially, a collective term for items such as screws, nuts, washers, clasps, bolts and the like.

Example Sentences

  • The fastener on my jacket broke, and I couldn't close it properly.
  • He used a special fastener to secure the metal parts together.
  • The fastener was loose, causing the lid to fall off.
  • She was looking for a stronger fastener to hold the pieces of wood together.
  • The box was sealed with a plastic fastener to keep it closed during transport.

On this page you'll find 46 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to fastener, such as: band, bind, bolt, bond, bracelet, buckle, button.

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

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hairpin

  • angle
  • arc
  • arch
  • barrette
  • bend
  • bobby pin
  • bow
  • buckle
  • circle
  • clasp
  • coil
  • convolution
  • corner
  • crook
  • curl
  • curlicue
  • curlycue
  • curvature
  • curve
  • decline
  • dogleg
  • fastener
  • flexure
  • fold
  • hair clip
  • inclination
  • incline
  • incurvature
  • inflection
  • kink
  • loop
  • pin
  • reflection
  • ring
  • ringlet
  • round
  • slope
  • spiral
  • swirl
  • turn
  • turnoff
  • twist
  • warp
  • wind
  • winding

band

  • accumulation
  • administration
  • affiliate
  • agglomeration
  • aggregate
  • aggregation
  • alliance
  • ally
  • amalgamate
  • annulet
  • army
  • array
  • assemblage
  • assembly
  • association
  • assortment
  • bandage
  • bandeau
  • bank
  • bar
  • batch
  • battalion
  • battery
  • becket
  • begird
  • belt
  • bevy
  • bind
  • binding
  • blaze
  • bloc
  • block
  • body
  • bond
  • boodle
  • bracelet
  • braid
  • brass band
  • brasses
  • brigade
  • brood
  • bunch
  • cable
  • captivity
  • chain
  • chamber orchestra
  • cinch
  • cincture
  • circle
  • circuit
  • clan
  • clique
  • clot
  • club
  • clump
  • cluster
  • clutch
  • coadjute
  • coalition
  • coil
  • collar
  • collection
  • collective
  • combine
  • combo
  • company
  • confederacy
  • confederation
  • confinement
  • conglomeration
  • congregation
  • conjoin
  • consolidate
  • consort
  • constellation
  • constraint
  • copula
  • cord
  • corps
  • coterie
  • covey
  • crew
  • crop
  • crossbar
  • curb
  • curl
  • cycle
  • department
  • duo
  • enchain
  • enchainment
  • engird
  • engirdle
  • ensemble
  • enslavement
  • enswathe
  • entangle
  • entanglement
  • enwind
  • enwreathe
  • eye
  • faction
  • fastener
  • federate
  • federation
  • fellowship
  • fetter
  • fillet
  • force
  • furl
  • gang
  • gather
  • gathering
  • gild
  • gird
  • girdle
  • girt
  • girth
  • group
  • grouping
  • guild
  • hank
  • harness
  • help
  • hindrance
  • hobble
  • hodgepodge
  • hold
  • hold-down
  • holding
  • hoop
  • horde
  • host
  • huddle
  • immurement
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • interlace
  • intertwine
  • interweave
  • irons
  • jumble
  • knot
  • lace
  • lash
  • league
  • leash
  • ligature
  • line
  • link
  • loop
  • lot
  • manacle
  • menagerie
  • merge
  • miscellany
  • mixture
  • muster
  • net
  • octet
  • odds and ends
  • orchestra
  • order
  • organization
  • outfit
  • package
  • parcel
  • party
  • passel
  • personnel
  • phalanx
  • philharmonic
  • pinstripe
  • platoon
  • posse
  • quartet
  • quartette
  • quintet
  • restraint
  • restriction
  • ribbon
  • ring
  • rope
  • round
  • run
  • sash
  • scarf
  • school
  • sect
  • septet
  • series
  • set
  • sextet
  • shackle
  • sinfonietta
  • snarl
  • snood
  • society
  • spiral
  • spire
  • squad
  • squadron
  • stable
  • staff
  • stay
  • straightjacket
  • straitjacket
  • strap
  • streak
  • string
  • strings
  • strip
  • stripe
  • suit
  • suite
  • sundries
  • swathe
  • symphony
  • symphony orchestra
  • tangle
  • tape
  • task force
  • team
  • tether
  • the whole kit and caboodle
  • thread
  • tie
  • tie up
  • trammel
  • trap
  • trio
  • troop
  • troupe
  • truss
  • twirl
  • twist
  • union
  • unite
  • variety
  • whorl
  • wind
  • wire
  • woodwinds
  • wrap
  • wreath
  • wreathe

handcuff

  • arrest
  • attach
  • baffle
  • balk
  • band
  • bar
  • barricade
  • bind
  • binding
  • bit
  • block
  • blockade
  • bond
  • bracelet
  • brake
  • captivity
  • chain
  • check
  • choke
  • clog
  • collar
  • confine
  • confinement
  • connection
  • constrain
  • constraint
  • cord
  • cramp
  • cumber
  • curb
  • delay
  • derail
  • disrupt
  • embarrass
  • enchain
  • enchainment
  • encumber
  • enfetter
  • enslavement
  • entangle
  • entanglement
  • fasten
  • fastener
  • fastening
  • fetter
  • foil
  • frustrate
  • get in the way
  • give a hard time
  • gunk
  • gyve
  • halter
  • hamper
  • hamstring
  • handicap
  • hang up
  • hinder
  • hindrance
  • hobble
  • hog-tie
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • hold-down
  • holding
  • hookup
  • immurement
  • impede
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • inhibit
  • iron
  • irons
  • join
  • lash
  • leash
  • ligature
  • limit
  • link
  • linkage
  • manacle
  • mire
  • muzzle
  • net
  • network
  • nexus
  • obstruct
  • pinion
  • rein
  • repress
  • restrain
  • restraint
  • restrict
  • restriction
  • retain
  • retard
  • roadblock
  • rope
  • sabotage
  • secure
  • shackle
  • short-circuit
  • smother
  • stickum
  • stifle
  • straightjacket
  • straitjacket
  • strangle
  • stump
  • stymie
  • suffocate
  • suppress
  • tangle
  • tether
  • thwart
  • tie
  • tie up
  • tie-in
  • trammel
  • trap
  • truss
  • wire

handcuffs

  • arrests
  • attaches
  • baffles
  • balks
  • band
  • barricades
  • bind
  • binds
  • bits
  • blockades
  • blocks
  • bond
  • bracelet
  • bracelets
  • braces
  • brakes
  • captivity
  • chain
  • chains
  • checks
  • chokes
  • clamps
  • clogs
  • collar
  • confinement
  • confines
  • constrains
  • constraint
  • cramps
  • cuffs
  • curb
  • curbs
  • delays
  • derails
  • disrupts
  • embarrasses
  • enchainment
  • enchains
  • encumbers
  • enfetters
  • enslavement
  • entanglement
  • entangles
  • fastener
  • fastens
  • fetter
  • fetters
  • foils
  • frustrates
  • gives a hard time
  • gyves
  • halters
  • hampers
  • handicaps
  • hinders
  • hindrance
  • hobble
  • hobbles
  • hog-ties
  • hold
  • hold-down
  • holding
  • holds back
  • holds up
  • immurement
  • impedes
  • imprisonment
  • incarceration
  • inhibits
  • iron rings
  • irons
  • joins
  • lashes
  • leashes
  • ligature
  • limits
  • links
  • manacles
  • mires
  • muzzles
  • net
  • obstructs
  • pinions
  • reins
  • represses
  • restrains
  • restraint
  • restriction
  • restricts
  • retains
  • retards
  • roadblocks
  • sabotages
  • secures
  • shackle
  • shackles
  • short-circuits
  • smothers
  • snaps
  • stifles
  • straightjacket
  • straitjacket
  • strangles
  • stumps
  • stymies
  • suffocates
  • suppresses
  • tangles
  • tethers
  • thwarts
  • tie
  • ties
  • ties up
  • trammel
  • trammels
  • trap
  • trusses
  • wristlets

fastening

  • adhering
  • affection
  • affixing
  • aiming
  • anchoring
  • attaching
  • attachment
  • attending
  • battening
  • belaying
  • bending
  • bolting
  • bond
  • buttoning
  • catching
  • cement
  • centering
  • cinching
  • clamping
  • clasp
  • clasping
  • clenching
  • clinching
  • clipping
  • coapting
  • concentrating
  • connecting
  • connection
  • constraint
  • cord
  • curb
  • directing
  • doing up
  • embedding
  • engraining
  • entrenching
  • fastener
  • fetter
  • fixing
  • focusing
  • focussing
  • fondness
  • glueing
  • gluing
  • hampering
  • handcuff
  • hanging
  • harnessing
  • hasping
  • heeding
  • hitching
  • hook
  • hookup
  • imbedding
  • implanting
  • ingraining
  • intrenching
  • joining
  • joint
  • knot
  • lacing
  • lashing
  • latching
  • leveling
  • levelling
  • ligature
  • limit
  • limitation
  • link
  • linkage
  • linking
  • linkup
  • lock
  • lodging
  • manacle
  • minding
  • mooring
  • nailing
  • nexus
  • pasting
  • pinning
  • plastering
  • pointing
  • reaffixing
  • reattaching
  • refastening
  • refixing
  • refocusing
  • resecuring
  • restraint
  • restriction
  • riveting
  • screwing
  • securing
  • setting
  • shackle
  • shackling
  • stapling
  • sticking
  • strapping
  • stuffing
  • sympathy
  • tacking
  • tackling
  • tie
  • tie-up
  • tieing
  • toggling
  • training
  • trammel
  • tying
  • union
  • uniting
  • wedging
  • yoke
  • yoking

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