/ Thesaurus / T Synonyms of tying up Find synonyms for: Noun1. docking, moorage, dockage, tying up, arrivalusage: the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropesVerb1. tie down, tie up, bind, truss, restrain, confine, holdusage: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"2. tie up, invest, put, commit, placeusage: invest so as to make unavailable for other purposes; "All my money is tied up in long-term investments"3. tie up, obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close upusage: restrain from moving or operating normally; "Traffic is tied up for miles around the bridge where the accident occurred"4. moor, berth, tie up, fasten, fix, secureusage: secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"5. tie up, bind off, tie, bindusage: finish the last rowWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: ontiguous Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language