handcuffed

The word “handcuffed” has 2 syllables: hand-cuffed

It's pronounced as /ˈhænd.kʌft/


What is synonym and antonym for handcuffed?

In the thesaurus, “handcuffed” has 101 synonyms and 62 antonyms.

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


Synonyms for handcuffed

  • arrested
  • attached
  • baffled
  • balked
  • barricaded
  • bitted
  • blockaded
  • blocked
  • bound
  • braked
  • chained
  • checked
  • choked
  • clogged
  • confined
  • constrained
  • cramped
  • curbed
  • delayed
  • derailed
  • disrupted
  • embarrassed
  • enchained
  • encumbered
  • enfettered
  • entangled
  • fastened
  • feeble
  • fettered
  • foiled
  • frail
  • frustrated
  • gave a hard time
  • gyved
  • haltered
  • hampered
  • hamstrung
  • handicapped
  • held back
  • held up
  • helpless
  • high and dry
  • hindered
  • hobbled
  • hog-tied
  • impeded
  • impotent
  • impuissant
  • incapable
  • incompetent
  • ineffective
  • ineffectual
  • inept
  • infirm
  • inhibited
  • ironed
  • joined
  • lashed
  • leashed
  • limited
  • linked
  • manacled
  • mired
  • muzzled
  • obstructed
  • paralyzed
  • passive
  • pinioned
  • powerless
  • reined
  • repressed
  • restrained
  • restricted
  • retained
  • retarded
  • roadblocked
  • sabotaged
  • secured
  • shackled
  • short-circuited
  • smothered
  • spineless
  • stifled
  • strangled
  • stumped
  • stymied
  • suffocated
  • supine
  • suppressed
  • tangled
  • tethered
  • thwarted
  • tied
  • tied up
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • trussed
  • unaggressive
  • unfit
  • useless
  • weak

Antonyms for handcuffed

  • able
  • aided
  • assisted
  • authoritarian
  • autocratic
  • autocratical
  • capable
  • cleared
  • competent
  • despotic
  • detached
  • dictatorial
  • disengaged
  • dominant
  • dynamic
  • effective
  • efficient
  • emancipated
  • encouraged
  • energetic
  • facilitated
  • forceful
  • freed
  • furthered
  • helped
  • high-level
  • important
  • liberated
  • loosed
  • loosened
  • made way
  • magisterial
  • major
  • mighty
  • opened
  • potent
  • powerful
  • promoted
  • puissant
  • released
  • rescued
  • robust
  • senior
  • significant
  • smoothed
  • strong
  • sturdy
  • top
  • tough
  • tyrannic
  • tyrannical
  • unbound
  • unclogged
  • undid
  • unfastened
  • unfettered
  • unplugged
  • unshackled
  • unstopped
  • untangled
  • untied
  • vigorous

Meanings of handcuffed

  • verb
    1. To apply handcuffs to.
    2. To restrain or restrict.

Example Sentences

  • The suspect was handcuffed and taken into custody by the police.
  • After the arrest, the man was handcuffed to ensure he wouldn't escape.
  • The officer carefully handcuffed the individual to prevent any movement.
  • The security footage showed the suspect being handcuffed at the scene.
  • Despite being handcuffed, he remained calm and complied with the officers' instructions.

On this page you'll find 163 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to handcuffed, such as: able, aided, arrested, assisted, attached, authoritarian, autocratic.

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

Related Words

jailed

  • abducted
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nabbed

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nailed

  • abducted
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  • unalterable
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  • whacked
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kept

  • abided by
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  • handcuffed
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  • sank
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  • stood up for
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  • unbroken
  • underwrote
  • walled
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  • watched
  • watched over
  • withheld
  • withstood

obstructed

  • airtight
  • arrested
  • baffled
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  • barred
  • barricaded
  • blind
  • blockaded
  • blocked
  • bolted
  • bound
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  • braked
  • bridled
  • broken
  • broken off
  • bunged
  • caught
  • chained
  • checked
  • chock-full
  • choked
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  • clogged
  • closed
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  • hermetic
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  • immovable
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  • jam-full
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  • malfunctioning
  • manacled
  • massed
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  • packed like sardines
  • padlocked
  • pathless
  • pinching
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  • rejected
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  • shackled
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  • silted
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  • sound
  • spiled
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  • teeming
  • tempered
  • tethered
  • thwarted
  • tied
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  • trackless
  • trammeled
  • trammelled
  • uncomfortable
  • unmentionable
  • unsanctioned
  • unseemly
  • unsuitable
  • untrodden
  • unworkable
  • up to the rafters
  • vetoed
  • warped
  • watertight
  • wedged

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