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What is another word for
relax
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▲
To rest or engage in an enjoyable activity so as to become less tired or anxious
To make or become less taut or tight
To calm down
(
of a rule or restriction
)
To make less strict
To become less severe or intense
To spend one's time in an aimless, idle way
To go to sleep, or fall asleep
To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible
To revoke or cancel
To remove the regulations, or legal restrictions, from
Make or become more tender or loving
(
rare
)
To become less reserved in character or behavior
To engage in an activity for enjoyment and recreation
Slacken off
To go on a holiday
Unfreeze or liberate
To remove the stiffness from
To stop pursuing or fighting
Make or become friendlier or more cordial
To provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment
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▲
Verb
▲
To rest or engage in an enjoyable activity so as to become less tired or anxious
unwind
rest
laze
repose
lounge
chill
idle
loll
luxuriate
loaf
unbend
bask
play
recline
decompress
de-stress
flop
lollop
slump
unlax
chill out
ease off
ease up
entertain oneself
let up
loosen up
sit back
slack off
slow down
take it easy
wind down
amuse oneself
be calm
breathe easy
collect oneself
compose oneself
cool off
enjoy oneself
have a break
kick back
knock off
let your hair down
let yourself go
lie down
lighten up
make less tense
settle back
simmer down
sit around
stay loose
stop work
take a break
take a breather
take one's time
take time off
take time out
veg out
be at leisure
hang loose
let it all hang out
let oneself go
make oneself at home
make yourself at home
mellow out
put one's feet up
take your ease
do nothing
feel at home
take ten
put your feet up
take one's leisure
calm down
settle down
take five
cool it
stop
pause
break off
quieten down
stretch out
settle
come up for air
take a rest
mellow
quiet down
sprawl
cool down
lie
unbutton
control oneself
regain one's composure
chillax
nap
get hold of oneself
stop worrying
control yourself
get your act together
get a grip on yourself
get a hold of yourself
outspan
break
sleep
lie back
slacken
calm yourself
keep cool
compose yourself
become calm
lounge around
pull oneself together
get a grip
drowse
slumber
calm
do less
stand down
become peaceful
lie about
couch
restrain oneself
hose down
go easy
pull in one's horns
have a rest
spread out
laze around
sit down
go to bed
take one's ease
take a chill pill
become calmer
steady oneself
become quieter
slacken off
be good
behave
soothe
pacify
destress
put your head down
catch a few 'z' s
catch forty winks
become less restless
stop paying attention
snuggle down
stabilize
US
dawdle
bum
quieten
slow
become less formal
become informal
daydream
hang out
take things easy
let one's hair down
quiesce
turn off
stone
stay
put up
stabilise
UK
switch off
stretch
be quiet
be still
recess
quiet
pipe down
keep your shirt on
soften
refresh
sunbathe
be less active
take some time off
tarry
sojourn
breathe
recuperate
suspend proceedings
stop briefly
keep one's shirt on
recover one's composure
play it cool
regain one's self-control
come back down to earth
keep one's head
lay back
recover one's self-control
lay down
adjourn
doze
catch one's breath
milden
mollify
have a breather
have time out
rest upon
sun
warm oneself
snooze
lie upon
lodge
sweeten
be supine
stop for a breath
toast yourself
warm yourself
sun oneself
desist
retire
slouch
toast oneself
swim in
catnap
be recumbent
be prostrate
stretch oneself out
siesta
lean back
be prone
be stretched out
turn in
zizz
kip
slack
release
abate
cease
relax one's efforts
hold back
take a breath
relent
lie by
put feet up
be at ease
refresh yourself
refresh oneself
be comfortable
let down
take a nap
take life easy
nod off
have a snooze
have a nap
have forty winks
get some kip
take a siesta
get some shut-eye
have a kip
get control of oneself
lie still
catch some Zs
have a siesta
have a spell
snatch forty winks
recharge one's batteries
more ❯
“I am looking forward to my next holiday where I can finally get away from work and
relax
.”
Verb
▲
To make or become less taut or tight
ease
slacken
loosen
loose
slack
unclench
unknot
untighten
relieve
let go
let up
become less rigid
become less stiff
become less tense
release
allay
assuage
palliate
mollify
soften
mitigate
soothe
calm
moderate
cheer
comfort
appease
lift
cure
pacify
salve
lessen
alleviate
ameliorate
open
hearten
console
ease up
improve
gladden
lighten
uplift
solace
cheer up
succor
US
succour
UK
encourage
make looser
buoy up
diminish
reduce
placate
brighten
reassure
smooth
abate
ease off
free
quiet
assist
aid
meliorate
tranquilize
US
nurse
doctor
condole
assure
tranquillize
UK
compose
sweeten
bolster
elevate
help
attend to
let up on
boost
enliven
revitalize
US
lighten up
give solace to
bring comfort to
inspirit
put at ease
take a load off
revitalise
UK
buck up
become looser
weaken
unloose
relinquish
veer
make better
set right
broaden
stretch
modify
unwind
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
give condolences to
lighten burden
reanimate
support
empathize with
commiserate with
envigorate
UK
make one feel at ease
give sympathy to
quiet fears
sympathize with
besoothe
invigorate
US
make well
give a lift to
condole with
commiserate
free up
quieten
become relaxed
resolve
fix
settle
unbind
hang loose
go easy
contain
quell
extinguish
control
make slack
become slack
lax
become loose
rectify
remedy
extenuate
cool
dull
give respite to
perk up
mellow
mend
heal
dispel
counteract
revive
elate
buoy
vary
punctuate
work free
work loose
inspire
enhance
stimulate
restore
stop
temper
liss
subdue
interrupt
iron out
sort out
prevent
break up
leaven
ginger up
bring respite to
patch up
bring an end to
make bearable
refresh
loosen up
look up
jazz up
take load off
bring aid to
make something bearable
bring aid
put to rights
promote
disburden
anesthetize
US
speed
expedite
still
forward
disengage
anaesthetize
UK
facilitate
relent
further
simplify
run interference for
clear the way
make easier
open the door
speed up
more ❯
“He would gradually
relax
his grip on his weapon as tensions abated.”
Verb
▲
To calm down
calm
soothe
unwind
pacify
quieten
compose
tranquillize
UK
tranquilize
US
calm down
loosen up
lighten up
make less tense
make less uptight
settle down
settle
lull
salve
becalm
still
lullaby
quiet
subdue
cool
sedate
balm
quell
mollify
hush
placate
allay
appease
steady
comfort
drug
dope
anaesthetize
UK
stupefy
assuage
console
anesthetize
US
knock out
soften
quieten down
put out
put under
mitigate
conciliate
cool off
dulcify
make up
silence
content
tranquillise
UK
gentle
take the edge off
relieve
reassure
contain
collect
assure
control
administer opiates to
administer drugs to
administer narcotics to
give a sedative to
put under sedation
put to sleep
re-collect
sober
soberize
cool down
propitiate
untrouble
lighten
make peace with
reduce
pour oil on
make nice
play up to
win over
take the sting out
butter up
unburden
square
patch things up
smooth down
stroke
slacken
regulate
lessen
moderate
modulate
temper
hold in
smother
suppress
solace
resolve
restrain
check
rein
reconcile
adjust
dispose
ease
repress
let up
simmer down
ease up
tune down
narcotize
zonk
unruffle
settle your nerves
make calm
administer a sedative to
administer a tranquillizer to
settle something's nerves
put at rest
settle one's nerves
more ❯
“I tried to
relax
him and assure him that things were nowhere near as bad as they seemed.”
Verb
▲
(
of a rule or restriction
)
To make less strict
ease
alleviate
decrease
diminish
loosen
mitigate
moderate
temper
lighten
qualify
reduce
weaken
dilute
lessen
slacken
modify
ease up on
let up on
make less formal
make less strict
abate
soften
allay
tone down
lower
relieve
assuage
mollify
palliate
take the edge off
dull
soothe
subdue
quell
blunt
calm
deaden
appease
attenuate
drop
downscale
de-escalate
dwindle
compose
lenify
quiet
curb
restrain
pacify
cool
minimize
US
deplete
dampen
curtail
check
limit
dent
tame
still
lull
help
slash
repress
dial down
minimise
UK
wind down
loose
downsize
cushion
satisfy
narrow
quench
taper
cut
restrict
erode
knock down
depress
make less
make smaller
degrade
gentle
control
impair
slake
modulate
trim
scale down
pare down
stifle
decrement
square
cut back
pare
cut down
tranquilize
US
tranquillize
UK
sweeten
minify
ebb
roll back
make nice
cool out
couch
taper off
bring down
decline
clip
soft-pedal
make cutbacks in
trim down
mark down
drop off
ease off
take down
trim back
tail off
pour oil on
take the sting out
play down
step down
release
slow
contract
ration
sate
satiate
shrink
shave
round down
whittle down
damp down
gratify
regulate
suppress
smother
revise
kill
constrain
fill
surfeit
refresh
crumble
extinguish
slack
relaxed
disintegrate
hold in
mince
mellow
damp
break
temperate
put a stop to
put an end to
keep under control
meet halfway
keep in check
restraint
remit
smooth
placate
dispel
dissipate
banish
dismiss
eliminate
destroy
conciliate
propitiate
put to rest
drive away
drive off
chase away
silence
content
reduce something
discount
prune
axe
UK
play up to
truncate
abridge
wane
take the bite out
calm down
quieten
crush
disarm
ameliorate
dry up
ax
US
devaluate
sink
cast down
extenuate
amortise
UK
downgrade
peter out
slow down
chasten
run down
tighten
amortize
US
put down
stroke
grease
dulcify
con
pacificate
smooth over
make peace with
impose peace upon
restore harmony to
fix up
butter up
bury the hatchet
kiss and make up
smooth someone's ruffled feathers
lay back
clear the air with
make peace
put the lid on
muffle
buffer
more ❯
“Diplomacy will be required for the government to
relax
the current restrictions on trade.”
Verb
▲
To become less severe or intense
abate
diminish
lessen
alleviate
decrease
ease
moderate
recede
reduce
relent
subside
taper
wane
dwindle
ebb
mitigate
remit
shrink
slacken
decline
fall
soften
weaken
lower
modulate
pall
de-escalate
ease up
taper off
die away
die down
die out
drain away
drop off
fall away
let up
phase down
rachet down
ratchet down
ease off
tail off
slow down
attenuate
slow
fade
temper
drop
quell
sink
slack
subdue
stop
peter out
fall off
flag
slake
sag
dull
decelerate
drop away
halt
slack off
contract
lighten
allay
assuage
relieve
downscale
mollify
deplete
downsize
wind down
take it easy
dampen
go easy
calm down
grow less
tone down
slacken off
get less
become less intense
desist
coast
terminate
cool off
cool
unlax
end
become weaker
cool it
fade away
chill out
come to an end
fail
wilt
languish
deteriorate
droop
decay
emaciate
tire
degenerate
shrivel
lag
go
wither
melt away
trail off
falter
wear off
grow faint
lose spirit
relapse
lose
minimise
UK
minimize
US
give way
impoverish
tremble
totter
fizzle out
grow weaker
crumble
thin out
faint
debase
break up
depress
vitiate
limp
grow dim
cripple
waste away
slump
plummet
go down
grow smaller
die off
plunge
become smaller
quieten
descend
disappear
close
nosedive
trail
get smaller
cease
dip
vanish
settle down
drain
depreciate
blur
take a nosedive
calm
blow over
quieten down
withdraw
finish
trail away
slope
dissolve
retire
flop
collapse
regress
crash
melt
minify
evaporate
tumble
dive
waste
go downhill
come to a stop
nose-dive
become less
fall short
dry up
go through the floor
hit the floor
become lower
pass
pass away
release
incline downwards
slope down
tilt downwards
slant down
shorten
narrow
lull
dent
disengage
dissipate
be forgotten
go downwards
get lower
close out
grow
deflate
condense
flatline
fold
fall through
wither away
elongate
rescind
bate
shape
curb
quiet
decrement
flow away
wrinkle
slim
still
abbreviate
extenuate
retrench
restrain
devaluate
check
settle
sink into oblivion
disappear slowly
retreat
knock down
dim
telescope
thin down
phase out
run low
lose edge
narrow down
wear away
wear down
slip
fade out
make smaller
die away or out
die away or down
come to grief
come to nothing
retrocede
atrophy
fall down
back away
drop back
fall back
pull out
return
level off
go back
retrogress
move away
disintegrate
evanesce
give in
become weak
lapse
skid
devalue
retrograde
retract
back
depart
move back
grind to a halt
crater
drag
buckle
backslide
cheapen
be on the way out
back off
move further off
bow out
go away
draw away
draw back
flow back
go into a tailspin
lose value
fold up
hit the dirt
decrease in value
tip over
break down
be precipitated
cave in
take a header
decline in price
draw to a close
erode
come down
cut
amputate
impair
thin
crop
clip
abridge
soft-pedal
roll back
cut back
slack up
take the bite out
take the sting out
more ❯
“He claimed the underlying problems would
relax
if the strike could be settled with arbitration.”
Verb
▲
To spend one's time in an aimless, idle way
loaf
idle
lounge
laze
loll
dawdle
dally
chill
bum
lazy
dillydally
footle
drone
loiter
vegetate
drift
slack
mooch
skive
saunter
stall
trifle
goldbrick
stroll
malinger
dream
evade
piddle
shirk
kick back
hang about
veg out
goof off
kick around
waste time
hack around
hang around
do nothing
kill time
take it easy
lounge around
slow down
hang out
lie around
fritter away time
sit around
be idle
bum around
be inactive
while away the time
pass time
fool around
hang round
mooch about
mooch around
fritter away
twiddle thumbs
let down
knock around
take things easy
while away hours
be indolent
be slothful
be unoccupied
stand around
not lift a finger
shirk one's duties
bask
sprawl
laze around
laze about
loll around
rest
loaf about
loaf around
recline
lie
repose
lie about
unwind
lounge about
slump
flop
slouch
outspan
luxuriate
hang
stretch oneself
lean back
drape oneself
lie back
doss
hang loose
chill out
twiddle your thumbs
flop about
flop around
potter
fritter time away
stagnate
make yourself at home
kick about
spend time
daydream
veg
chillax
sit
lean
loll about
lie dormant
twiddle one's thumbs
knock about
slacken
take five
take a break
take a breather
put your feet up
piddle around
piddle about
mark time
while away the hours
consume time
sit on one's hands
amuse oneself
idle away the hours
do nothing in particular
pass the time
idle away time
mess around
fill in time
fool away
neglect
flag
dodge
bludge
slack off
be lazy
bob off
bunk off
sit back and do nothing
lollygag
linger
delay
lag
tarry
procrastinate
languish
dilly-dally
put off
amble
wander
lallygag
stay
trail
creep
hover
kick your heels
drag
mope
wait
diddle
shilly-shally
fritter
crawl
poke
get no place fast
mess about
fiddle around
futz
vacillate
bat
stooge
droop
moon
meander
remain
haunt
frequent
shamble
ramble
halt
go slowly
slough
shuffle
dabble
pause
lurk
mosey
traipse
skulk
lay on one's oars
molder
US
sit back
slummock
go to seed
while away
bat around
fanny about
bat back and forth
slouch about
bat about
degenerate
slouch around
while
kick one's heels
moulder
UK
rest on one's oars
warm a chair
shlep along
potter round
potter around
drag your feet
toddle
diddle-daddle
scrounge around
sit on one's butt
plod
potter about
take your time
be slow
hang fire
more ❯
Verb
▲
To go to sleep, or fall asleep
sleep
slumber
doze
nap
rest
kip
repose
snooze
catnap
drowse
siesta
doss
oversleep
flop
yawn
bunk
dream
nod
snore
zizz
retire
crash
hibernate
zzz
be asleep
bed down
conk out
doss down
be in the arms of morpheus
be in the land of nod
catch some zs
doze off
drift off
drop off
fall asleep
have a lie-down
rest in the arms of morpheus
fall out
nod off
sack out
saw wood
sleep lightly
turn in
zonk out
catch a wink
cop some z's
get some kip
get some zizz
have a kip
have a siesta
have a snooze
have a zizz
hit the hay
catch forty winks
catch some Zs
hit the sack
take a nap
take a siesta
be dead to the world
get some shut-eye
go out like a light
have forty winks
take forty winks
be in the land of Nod
sleep like a log
sleep like a top
snatch forty winks
be in the arms of Morpheus
rest in the arms of Morpheus
grab some z's
take a snooze
rack
get some shuteye
catch some z's
catch some few Zs
catch a few Zs
get some rack
Verb
▲
To use a narcotic in order to make (someone) drowsy or insensible
narcotize
dope
stupefy
sedate
poison
deaden
treat
dose
numb
anaesthetize
UK
anesthetize
US
desensitise
UK
desensitize
US
benumb
blunt
fix
hit
analgize
medicate
opiate
physic
knock out
dose up
dope up
befuddle
drug
make unconscious
give opiates to
make insensible
render insensible
render unconscious
give drugs to
give an anaesthetic to
administer a drug
give narcotics to
inject
give medicine to
administer drugs to
administer opiates to
administer narcotics to
doctor
Verb
▲
To revoke or cancel
lift
cancel
revoke
remove
annul
countermand
end
rescind
stop
withdraw
terminate
discontinue
raise
void
dismantle
recall
repeal
reverse
take back
nullify
invalidate
abrogate
retract
quash
declare null and void
overrule
override
negate
disannul
abolish
set aside
render invalid
abandon
vacate
drop
avoid
obviate
null
make void
nix
backpedal
call off
strike down
roll back
undo
scrub
repudiate
renege
scrap
abort
recant
dismiss
abjure
dissolve
forswear
veto
call back
cry off
render null and void
wipe out
back out of
overturn
erase
disclaim
call
renounce
deny
obliterate
counterorder
disown
expunge
cut
abate
disallow
discharge
put an end to
kill
take out
rub out
X-out
weasel out
overthrow
rule against
disqualify
suspend
withcall
unsay
call in
take off
take away
draw back
phase out
pull back
crawl out of
make null and void
pull the plug
backwater
forget
wangle out
opt out
shoot down
zap
KO
stand down
renig
blow
wash out
back out
worm out
throw over
efface
discard
omit
purge
delete
edit
black
censor
exclude
elide
dele
ink out
strike out
x out
blue-pencil
stroke out
sweep away
put a line through
stamp out
cross out
edit out
declare invalid
blot out
X out
blank out
snuff out
white out
cancel out
block out
blue pencil
cast aside
root out
black out
relinquish
relieve
conclude
give up
bring to an end
vitiate
reject
axe
UK
disavow
ax
US
do away with
ditch
annihilate
abnegate
eliminate
dump
throw out
go back on
renege on
refuse
disaffirm
neutralize
US
backtrack on
halt
foreswear
neutralise
UK
break off
forsake
scratch
back down
rule out
forbid
suppress
refute
offset
rebut
cease
backtrack
desist
ignore
forget it
oppose
remit
negative
prohibit
decline
eat one's words
cast off
contravene
rebuff
block
forget about
spurn
prevent
turn down
disacknowledge
break with
cut off
turn your back on
eradicate
upset
alter
undermine
get rid of
chop
extinguish
waive
subvert
junk
jettison
deracinate
torpedo
disestablish
supersede
divorce
apologize
US
retreat
outvote
trash
apologise
UK
discount
defeat
make ineffective
nig
finish
shed
postpone
contradict
counteract
dishonour
UK
shelve
countercheck
redress
counterbalance
break
welsh
disprove
eat your words
quit
give something the chop
dishonor
US
squash
change one's mind
do a U-turn on
dispense with
knock something on the head
disapprove
reprobate
pass
apostatize
have change of heart
deselect
back off
interrupt
forgo
pass up
balk at
turn thumbs down
ban
pack in
refuse to acknowledge
sacrifice
desist from
say no to
give the thumbs down to
lay off
fly in the face of
go back on one's word
declare
eschew
back-pedal on
disobey
disregard
surrender
go against
bleep
watergate
weaken
refuse to fulfil
destroy
inter
bring to a close
lay in the grave
bury
put to rest
hold a funeral
inhume
entomb
put six feet under
get off the hook
countervail
cork up
hush up
bottle up
shut down
dominate
flout
defy
predominate
prevail
vote down
unfit
impair
circumduct
knock out
finish off
do in
restrict
compensate
limit
confine
knock on the head
row back
climb down
change
put damper on
dial back
worm out of
overset
ride roughshod over
trample underfoot
retire
redline
exterminate
down
prostrate
forbear
check
arrest
put a stop to
retrograde
recede
retrocede
put the lid on
counterpoise
turf
belay
trample upon
extirpate
blow sky-high
render meaningless
excuse oneself
pull out
beg off
do a U-turn
do an about-turn
reel in
fall back
take in
row back on
knock down
bring down
frustrate
ding
blackball
impugn
traverse
stonewall
cross
belie
call all bets off
excise
change one's tune
do an about-turn on
wimp out
cop out
crap out
liquidate
clean up
bring to naught
chuck in
bring
put down
render inert
abdicate
wipe slate clean
inhibit
squelch
get cold feet
close down
gainsay
interdict
put kibosh on
pull up
withhold
discountenance
put the kibosh on
lay to rest
cut short
repossess
reclaim
pass on
knock back
not grant
give something a miss
give the red light to
give thumbs down to
kick
shun
can
knock it off
call a halt
stop midstream
pull the plug on
call it quits
divorce oneself from
turn back on
refuse to accept
wash hands of
forfeit
shake
jilt
explode
debunk
contest
discredit
challenge
part with
resign from
eighty-six
finish with
dust off
write off
break up
pack up
knock off
have done with
leave off
lay off of
withdraw from
throw up
retire from
shut off
part from
cut out
give over
desert
declare untrue
controvert
counter
disconfirm
dissent from
eat crow
disagree with
confute
eat humble pie
begrudge
keep back
disbelieve
shoot full of holes
not buy
withsay
curb
take exception to
call on
enjoin from
shoot down in flames
restrain
taboo
doubt
disagree
stand in the way
hold back
disprofess
bar
except
debar
rat
turn
defect
lay aside
demur
default
disinherit
tergiversate
banish
flush
oust
cast
tergiverse
avert
forfend
proscribe
preclude
forestall
have no more truck with
be against
not accept
wash one's hands of
wash your hands of
have nothing more to do with
deter
bate
stave off
leave out
put paid to
count out
ward off
not consider
shut out
close out
freeze out
close one's doors to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To remove the regulations, or legal restrictions, from
deregulate
derestrict
free
liberalise
UK
liberalize
US
release
decontrol
denationalise
UK
denationalize
US
leave be
let alone
not interfere
not meddle
not tamper
delimit
loosen
set free
Verb
▲
Make or become more tender or loving
melt
soften
touch
disarm
mollify
affect
move
forgive
relent
yield
become lenient
give in
show mercy
capitulate
acquiesce
backpedal
unbend
accede
give way
weaken
budge
surrender
submit
concede
blink
bow
forbear
quit
succumb
do a U-turn
come round
back down
have mercy
sympathise
UK
give quarter
become merciful
show pity
fold
slow
sympathize
US
comply
knuckle under
have pity
be merciful
concede something
allow something
agree to something
admit something
let go
let happen
die away
cool it
cave in
lay back
mellow out
say uncle
do an about-turn
come around
cry uncle
give up
lighten up
give some slack
change one's mind
go along with
go easy on
let it happen
ease up on
take a softer line
change your mind
throw in the towel
admit defeat
defer
cede
concede defeat
fall
throw in the sponge
raise the white flag
climb down
buckle under
show the white flag
be beaten
agree
accept defeat
lay down arms
be overcome
wave the white flag
lay down your arms
bend
assent
relinquish
crumble
accept
abandon
go down
go under
be overwhelmed
toss it in
pack it in
put up white flag
give up the struggle
consent
grant
suffer defeat
be defeated
retract
collapse
cave
kowtow
resign
bow out
deliver
indulge
lose
buckle
knuckle
break
be conquered
abdicate
yield to
give way to
lay down
fall victim
hand over
pull out
throw in your hand
eat crow
roll over
give yourself up
surrender to
comply with
lay down one's arms
cooperate with
acquiesce in
give in to
come to terms
concur with
resign yourself
retreat
compromise
change
give oneself up
adapt
entrust
consign
leave
forego
throw up one's hands
chuck it in
play dead
throw up the sponge
eat humble pie
fall in line
adhere
waver
hesitate
vacillate
conform
eat one's words
proffer
stop
drop
despair
desist
tender
cease
waive
present
forswear
ease off
ease up
be overcome by
be overwhelmed by
heed
observe
truckle
leave off
hand in
bail out
cut out
chicken out
be conquered by
be beaten by
show white flag
give oneself over
fold up
cry quits
turn over
turn in
call it quits
act in accordance with
be servile
be the loser
come off second-best
be bested by
fail
be trounced
be vanquished
lose out
keel
be submissive
hoist the white flag
bend the knee
resign oneself
humble oneself
give ground
be converted
come to grief
default
get the worst
take a licking
have the worst
come up short
be worsted
fall short
renege
bow to something
bow to someone
give away the store
backtrack
suffer
be humbled
come a cropper
drop a bundle
be taken to cleaners
meet one's Waterloo
crash out
be outdistanced
take a beating
agree with
be persuaded
cop out
go back on
default on
do an about-face
back out
have second thoughts
break your promise
fail to honour
break one's word
allow
approve
endorse
be converted to
be persuaded by
be won over
recognize
US
permit
okay
undertake
engage
comprobate
roll over and play dead
concede to
come round to
give carte blanche
give blessing
cave in to
give something the nod
consent to
say yes
acquiesce to
enter into
recognise
UK
be game for
agree to
give the green light
back down to
defer to
assent to
relent to
give the go-ahead
astipulate
play ball
be won over by
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
rare
)
To become less reserved in character or behavior
expand
unbend
become relaxed
grow friendlier
become less reserved
hang loose
loosen up
become more sociable
Verb
▲
To engage in an activity for enjoyment and recreation
play
frolic
sport
caper
romp
trifle
frisk
gambol
toy
cavort
have fun
rest
revel
amuse oneself
dally
rollick
skylark
carouse
entertain oneself
lark
recreate
clown
disport
divert
doodle
fiddle
fool
fribble
jest
joke
jump
kid
occupy oneself
rejoice
amuse yourself
disport oneself
divert oneself
enjoy oneself
entertain yourself
fiddle around
fool around
goof around
hang about
have a good time
horse around
idle away
kick around
lark about
lark around
let loose
make merry
mess about
mess around
monkey around
play games
potter around
putter around
carry on
engage in games
enjoy yourself
let go
play around
be at leisure
cut capers
cut up
kick up heels
occupy yourself
be life of party
go on a spree
let one's hair down
have a knees-up
let yourself go
party
fool about
loiter
have a laugh
laze around
muck about
waste time
rest up
clown around
muck around
potter
have a lark
mooch around
faff about
play the fool
dawdle
act the fool
loll around
lounge around
prat about
chill out
let your hair down
skip
prance
dance
hop
leap
spring
bounce
curvet
whoop it up
trip
capriole
cut loose
bound
bob
flirt
frivol
kick up your heels
kick up one's heels
mess
idle
twiddle
scamper
dabble
coquet
woo
lollygag
jig
coquette
philander
roister
roughhouse
play with
court
seduce
mess with
raise hell
trifle with
go on a tear
dally with
philander with
come on to
hit on
wink at
be all over
wanton
caracole
cut
horseplay
lounge
cut a caper
kibitz around
dilly-dally
futz around
go places and do things
fidget
showboat
bound about
hotdog
footle
futz
bound around
jump about
rollic
spring about
celebrate
spring around
jump around
monkey
kid around
leap about
misbehave
fiddle about
kill time
hang around
let off steam
fool with
play games with
monkey with
go on the town
show off
play jokes
act up
riot
spree
tease
touch
vie
participate
contend
contest
challenge
rival
handle
feel
finger
paw
pull
vamp
thumb
take part
engage in
take on
toy with
chat up
lead on
fuss
set one's cap at
bat eyes at
make eyes at
make sheep's eyes at
eyeball
come hither
gam
come on
make advances at
make a pass
pitch
make a move
linger with
ogle
pick up
make romantic advances to
banter
give the come-on to
proposition
be on a team
pick at
tinker
womanize
US
womanise
UK
play fast and loose
more ❯
Verb
▲
Slacken off
come loose
loosen
release
slacken
slacken off
undo
untie
work loose
unstick
detach
disconnect
unfasten
separate
unlash
unlatch
break up
unsnap
unbolt
unlace
work free
disjoin
unloosen
uncork
unstrap
unlock
let out
mitigate
unhitch
unscrew
untighten
unleash
unclasp
unloose
unbutton
disengage
loose
unfix
unpin
extricate
unbuckle
become unfastened
unbar
free
disentangle
unbind
set free
unravel
unwrap
unknot
let go
untangle
remove
unblock
unclose
unstop
unbridle
open
extract
slip
liberate
unshut
untether
disentwine
untwine
unsnarl
unmanacle
unfetter
let loose
unhook
uncouple
unchain
unshackle
unzip
untwist
unwind
unbraid
unweave
sever
pull out
cast off
unpick
unthread
take off
dig out
unyoke
relinquish
disembarrass
clear
disembed
unlink
unmoor
unseal
unclothe
disunite
unclick
unpen
express
solve
rescue
set adrift
deregulate
delimit
take out
disencumber
dislodge
pour out
withdraw
give vent to
get loose
pull free
get free
get out
unlay
drop
unhand
unjumble
unkink
discharge
let off the lead
disburden
discumber
unstitch
straighten out
ravel out
come undone
separate out
yield
enlarge
surrender
commute
open up
uncheck
decontrol
let up on
go easy on
let fly
leave go of
let go of
allow to run free
allow to run riot
give a free rein to
ravel
make plain
smooth out
weave out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To go on a holiday
be on holiday
be on vacation
holiday
slob around
sojourn
stay
vacation
knock about
gallivant
weekend
go on a trip
go camping
go abroad
pilgrimage
go on an expedition
adventure
trip
go on an excursion
go sightseeing
visit
travel
sightsee
go on holiday
go on vacation
take a break
stop over
tour
take a holiday
Verb
▲
Unfreeze or liberate
unfreeze
liberate
release
repeal
rescind
undo
Verb
▲
To remove the stiffness from
unstiffen
soften
tenderise
UK
tenderize
US
make pliable
make softer
mellow
become tender
make tender
Verb
▲
To stop pursuing or fighting
stand down
quit
resign
bow out
give up
stand easy
step down
call it a day
come off full alert
retire
leave
abdicate
walk out
give notice
vacate
go
demit
throw in the towel
step aside
stand aside
pack in
hand in resignation
cease work
drop out
hang it up
give up the ship
secede
retire from
bail out
hand in your notice
leave your job
end service
give in one's notice
give up your job
resignate
jack in
renounce
depart
disengage
hand in one's notice
pull out
relinquish one's position
renounce the throne
withdraw
abandon
sign off
terminate
chuck
resign from
step down from
desert
abandon ship
step aside from
walk out on
withdraw from
bow out of
back out
forsake
bag
walk off
walk away
get out
pull out of
back out of
exit
relinquish
turn your back
opt out
get out of
stop participating in
back off
retreat
pull
depart from
wriggle out
abstract oneself
stop participating
stand down from
pull the plug
walk away from
cede
abnegate
surrender
opt out of
discontinue
cease
detach
sell
bail
walk out of
stop
absent oneself
move from
disengage from
recede from
scratch from
pull back
detach yourself
sell up
sell out
drop out of
renege on
get off
call it quits
abstract
dissociate
disassociate
delink
beat a retreat
move out
weasel out
give something a miss
take the count
throw in the sponge
chuck in
make one's exit
more ❯
Verb
▲
Make or become friendlier or more cordial
thaw
become friendlier
loosen up
become more genial
become more relaxed
become more sociable
Verb
▲
To provide (someone) with amusement or enjoyment
entertain
amuse
divert
please
delight
interest
charm
cheer
occupy
distract
enthral
UK
absorb
beguile
regale
disport
engage
engross
fascinate
involve
solace
immerse
preoccupy
recreate
captivate
comfort
ecstasize
elate
enliven
enthrall
US
gladden
grab
gratify
humour
UK
humor
US
indulge
inspire
inspirit
pique
satisfy
slay
stimulate
tickle
crack up
give pleasure to
knock dead
make merry
hold the attention of
titillate
grip
enchant
rivet
wow
panic
tickle pink
bowl over
make happy
fracture one
be a hit with
break one up
knock 'em dead
put 'em away
get one's jollies
bewitch
intrigue
entrance
mesmerize
US
attract
busy
mesmerise
UK
enrapture
allure
excite
spellbind
bemuse
hold
enwrap
kill
ravish
transfix
thrill
hypnotize
US
tantalize
US
exhilarate
magnetize
US
send
wile
lure
turn on
seduce
hook
arrest
appeal to
enamor
magnetise
UK
tantalise
UK
hypnotise
UK
employ
concern
tempt
witch
draw
arouse
intoxicate
infatuate
ensnare
cheer up
put under a spell
fracture
rouse
win over
refresh
provoke
vamp
hearten
dazzle
galvanize
US
enamour
animate
fire
monopolize
US
stir
quicken
bedazzle
uplift
compel
transport
perk up
kindle
catch up
win
enslave
monopolise
UK
take
carry away
tickle to death
overwhelm
hold spellbound
brighten up
sweep off one's feet
galvanise
UK
keep busy
give a buzz
buoy up
make roll in the aisles
give a lift
tickle someone's fancy
buck up
please greatly
give someone a kick
hold one's attention
hold in awe
fix
fixate
fill
entice
make laugh
put away
keep amused
obsess
engulf
interest greatly
attach
appeal
invite
subdue
overpower
convulse
rapture
elevate
commit
hold someone's attention
throw
wrap
rap
woo
enlist
crack someone up
party
nurture
turn someone on
crease someone up
turn one on
sweep off your feet
rope in
make a hit with
treat to
give someone a charge
do one's heart good
give great pleasure to
give joy to
snare
make smile
consume
charge
inflame
tease
electrify
affect
pull
be interesting to
touch
catch
attend
take up
soak
laugh it up
have a get-together
toss a party
give a party
palpate
grapple
knock out
matter to
move
use up
tickle the fancy of
pump up
lead on
hold attention
catch one's eye
be of interest to
be concerned with
tie up
be active with
content
pamper
pleasure
switch on
be attractive to
arouse one's curiosity
light someone's fire
float someone's boat
sit up
engage one's attention
whet one's appetite
capture one's imagination
spoil
delectate
rejoice
arride
warm
fulfill
US
suit
groove
fulfil
UK
glad
oblige
go over big
bring joy to
hit the spot
do someone's heart good
be the ticket
give someone pleasure
agree with
make a hit with someone
warm the cockles of the heart
make content
make someone feel good
get one's kicks
vitalize
invigorate
US
treat
feast
overindulge
vivify
make a fuss of
dote on
liven up
wake up
spark
enhance
ginger up
boost
brighten
rejuvenate
restore
energize
US
spike
jump-start
revive
pep up
brace
fillip
waken up
make lively
make more lively
juice up
zap
brace up
put pep into
vivificate
snap out of it
let sunshine in
work up
renew
make more exciting
liven
envigorate
UK
buoy
energise
UK
jazz up
give life to
pick up
spice
fire up
amp up
zip up
light a fire under
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