Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tie_in

1 sense of tie-in

Sense 1
link, linkup, tie, tie-in -- (a fastener that serves to join or connect; "the walls are held together with metal links placed in the wet mortar during construction")
       => fastener, fastening, holdfast, fixing -- (restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb tie_in

2 senses of tie in

Sense 1
tie in -- (be in connection with something relevant; "This ties in closely with his earlier remarks")
       => relate, interrelate -- (be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?")

Sense 2
associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect -- (make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all")
       => think, cogitate, cerebrate -- (use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere")