on a string

ADJECTIVE

beholden

Synonyms

STRONGEST

grateful obligated obliged

STRONG

bound owing

WEAK

in hock into on the arm on the cuff on the tab owe one responsible under obligation

Antonyms

WEAK

ingrateful

ADJECTIVE

obedient

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attentive compliant deferential devoted docile dutiful faithful law-abiding loyal respectful subservient

WEAK

acquiescent amenable at one's beck and call biddable complaisant controllable docious duteous governable honoring in one's clutches in one's pocket in one's power obeisant obliging observant pliant regardful resigned reverential sheeplike tame tractable under control venerating well-trained willing wrapped around finger yielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disloyal disobedient inconsiderate inconstant neglectful unfaithful

WEAK

contrary insolent misbehaving mutinous obstinate rebellious

Example Sentences

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Polymers are made of many repeating units linked together, much like beads on a string.

From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026

“Obviously, you can’t do it individually by yourself. It has to be five guys on a string, communication, always at an all-time high.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

The display also featured Dahl's personal set of boules, along with his own invention of a magnet on a string, which Dahl used for picking up each boule.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

At one point all of the magicians spontaneously do a show for one another, each of them taking part in a can-you-top-this series of illusions strung as close together as popcorn on a string.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

Floating and bouncing like a balloon on a string.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

on a string

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