tether

Other forms of tether

plural

tethers·

past tense

tetherred·

present participle

tetherring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about tether

What does tether mean?

tether means "restraint consisting of a rope (or light chain) used to restrain an animal". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tether?

tether has 2 syllables: tet-her. The stress falls on "tet". In IPA it is /ˈtɛðɚ/.

What is another word for tether?

Close synonyms include leash, lead. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tether a common word?

tether is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.