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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | firm |
| Synonyms: | bound, cinched, fixed, secured, trussed |
| Main Entry: | tie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect, interlace |
| Synonyms: | anchor, attach, band, bind, cinch, clinch, do up, fasten, gird, join, knot, lash, link, make a bow, make a hitch, make a knot, make fast, marry, moor, rivet, rope, secure, splice, tether, tie up, tighten, truss, unite, wed |
| Antonyms: | detach, disconnect, loose, loosen, unfasten, unlace, untie |
| Main Entry: | tie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equal |
| Synonyms: | balance, be even, be neck and neck, be on a par, break even, deadlock, draw, even up, keep up with, match, measure up, meet, parallel, rival, touch |
| Antonyms: | fail, fall behind, go ahead, lose, succeed, surpass |
| Main Entry: | tie/tie up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hamper, hinder |
| Synonyms: | bind, clog, confine, curb, delay, entrammel, fetter, hog-tie, hold, leash, limit, lock up, obstruct, restrain, restrict, shackle, stop, tie one's hands, trammel |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, encourage, free, help |
| Main Entry: | binding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confining |
| Synonyms: | attached, enslaved, fastened, indentured, limiting, restraining, tied, tying |
| Antonyms: | alterable, breakable, revocable, unbinding, unconfining, unnecessary |
| Main Entry: | even |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | commensurate; having no advantage |
| Synonyms: | balanced, coequal, comparable, coterminous, drawn, equal, equalized, equivalent, even-steven, exact, fifty-fifty, horse to horse, identical, level, matching, neck and neck, on a par, parallel, proportional, proportionate, same, similar, smack in the middle, square, tied, uniform |
| Antonyms: | irregular, unequal, uneven |
| Main Entry: | liable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | answerable, responsible |
| Synonyms: | accountable, amenable, bound, chargeable, obligated, subject, tied |
| Notes: | to be accountable is to be liable to being called to account or answerable; liable means legally obligated or responsible; and responsible is liable to be required to give account, as of one's actions or of the discharge of a duty or trust apt is for general probabilities, likely is for specific probabilities; liable and prone indicate a probability arising as a regrettable consequence use likely if you mean 'probable, expected'; use liable if you mean 'bound by law or obligation' |
| Antonyms: | excusable, freed, irresponsible, unaccountable |
| Main Entry: | mixed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | assorted, combined |
| Synonyms: | alloyed, amalgamated, assimilated, assorted, blended, brewed, composite, compound, conglomerate, crossbred, crossed, different, disordered, diverse, diversified, embodied, fused, heterogeneous, hybrid, hybridized, incorporated, infused, interbred, interdenominational, joint, kneaded, married, merged, mingled, miscellaneous, mongrel, motley, multifarious, tied, transfused, united, varied, woven |
| Antonyms: | lone, single, singular, ummixed, uncombined |
| Main Entry: | obligated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bound |
| Synonyms: | bounden, called by duty, committed, compelled, contracted, duty-bound, enslaved, forced, indebted, indentured, obliged, pledged, required, tied, under obligation, urged |
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