Choose the most appropriate antonym of the word “tether”:

Correct answer: Unleash. To tether is to tie or restrain, so “unleash” (set free) is the opposite.

Background: To tether is to tie something (often an animal) with a rope or chain, or figuratively to limit someone’s freedom.

• Cuffed: “Cuffed” means restrained, similar to tether.
• Tom: “Tom” is unrelated.
• Rumble: “Rumble” is unrelated.

Did you know? The idiom “at the end of one’s tether” means having reached the limit of one’s patience.

Memory trick: Tether = tie; Unleash = untie.