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Synonyms for manacles

  • noun

Most common

braces handcuffs

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Noun

handcuffs, braces

Antonyms

freedom, liberty, release

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    manacle

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Manacles, Handcuffs, Fetters or Gyves?

Manacles and handcuffs are for the hands, fetters are primarily chains or jointed iron fastenings for the feet; gyves may be for either.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • braces When you were a child, did you have to wear braces?
  • handcuffs Handcuffs are none other than a ratchet mechanism.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
manaclesrising
bracesrising
handcuffsrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

6 letters
braces2
9 letters
handcuffs2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (braces2 = 2 syllables).