AFFIXED Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

affixed

verb

past tense of affix

as in attached

to cause (something) to hold to another affix a first-class stamp to the envelope

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Recent Examples of affixed The seafoam green silk piece also comes with three rosette pins affixed at the shoulder. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026 Rounding out her ensemble, Camilla stepped into a pair of beige Eliot Zed heels affixed with buckle accents and short heels. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 22 Aug. 2026 These cameras are identified as small black boxes usually affixed to light fixtures and accompanied by a solar panel facing public roadways. — Tj Rhodes, Sioux Falls Argus Leader, 22 Aug. 2026 That’s very different than today, where most packages are uniform, filled, and then bin and lot numbers are affixed afterward. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026 Other art pieces are affixed to concrete pads, which helps fortify them. — Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2026 Oakland police released footage Wednesday of a deadly police shooting in mid-July, when two of its officers opened fire on a man who was wielding knives affixed to long metal poles in the city’s Fruitvale District. — Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2026 The bar’s aesthetic verges on Brutalist, with walls made of concrete blocks, uniform round tables, and stone chairs affixed to the floor, but its offerings are a more conventional list of classic cocktails, including Spritzes and Negronis. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026 Rodriguez has his boxing belts affixed to a wall near the rear of the restaurant. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

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The indie thriller is a low-budget effort from LaBute made entirely independently, with no studio or distributor attached.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Technicians loaded the observatory with 290 gallons (1,100 liters) of hydrazine fuel on July 25, then attached it to its payload adapter in early August.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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Wisconsin is experiencing its largest outbreak in decades, while Georgia health officials are working to contain a cluster tied to a metro Atlanta day care center.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026
But there is something else tied to his Jewish heritage that keeps things in perspective — the struggles his grandmother went through escaping liquidation at the hand of the Nazis in her Polish hometown.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

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