Synonyms for leash
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1. leashnoun

   Antonyms:
   unleash

2. leashnoun

   To fasten or secure with a leash.

   Antonyms:
   unleash

3. leashverb

   to curb, restrain

   Antonyms:
   unleash

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1. leash, tether, leadnoun

   restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal

   Synonyms:
   hint, tercet, lead-in, wind, tierce, atomic number 82, trine, ternion, confidential information, lead, leading, terzetto, triad, tether, lead story, steer, lede, jumper lead, trail, triplet, ternary, trio, three, troika, collar, jumper cable, threesome, booster cable, deuce-ace, principal, star, pencil lead, trinity, trey, tip, track, spark advance

2. three, 3, III, trio, threesome, tierce, leash, troika, triad, trine, trinity, ternary, ternion, triplet, tercet, terzetto, trey, deuce-acenoun

   the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

   Synonyms:
   lead, third, tether, trio, collar, one-third, ternary, deuce-ace, tierce, trinity, triplet, terce, triple, threesome, triad, trine, troika, ternion, tercet, trey, terzetto, three, common chord

3. collar, leashverb

   a figurative restraint

   "asked for a collar on program trading in the stock market"; "kept a tight leash on his emotions"; "he's always gotten a long leash"

   Synonyms:
   lead, dog collar, shoe collar, trey, trio, collar, troika, ternary, terzetto, ternion, tierce, trinity, triplet, catch, neckband, threesome, pinch, trine, choker, tether, deuce-ace, three, apprehension, triad, taking into custody, arrest, tercet

4. rope, leashverb

   fasten with a rope

   "rope the bag securely"

   Synonyms:
   lasso, rope

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1. leashnoun

   Synonyms:
   thong or string (for holding a dog or a hawk)

2. leashnoun

   Synonyms:
   three (greyhounds, &c.)

3. leashverb

   Synonyms:
   tie, tie together

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "leash":

   leave

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. leash

   Synonyms:
   An elongated fascicular group of nerves, blood vessels, fibers, or similar structures, ~bundle
   

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How to use leash in a sentence?

1. Jonathan Skolnik:

   It turns out it wasn’t a duffel bag. We could smell it and it was a pig on a leash.

2. Liu Youbin:

   Weather conditions last month in Beijing were the worst over the past six years with slow wind, little rain and high temperatures, but average pollution readings were able to stay at same level as the past five years, the air pollution campaign has entered a stage of stalemate, as Chairman Mao described in his famous book 'On Protracted War'... The efforts we made have sometimes been offset by unfavorable weather, and it will take time for us to slip the leash of weather conditions to win the war.

3. Scott Holt:

   I was just trying to get to my meeting, i stupidly didn’t bring a leash or a lifejacket, so if a [wave] took the board, then I just would’ve been stuck out there drowning in a suit.

4. Stacey Graham:

   These dogs were raised in cages and had no understanding of spatial boundaries, they had never been on a leash. Most are 1-to-3 years old, and they behave like gigantic puppies because they don't know anything about the world.

5. Caroline Vandergriff/KOKH:

   It made me wonder whether someone stole her for dog fighting and either cut or tried to starve her to make her aggressive, bridget was also found wearing her distinctive pink, floral collar, and her leash, and my phone number was scratched off her tag — maybe the thief got spooked by all the media attention and dumped her on a random road.