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What is another word for
slacken
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▲
To make or become less taut
To decrease in severity or intensity
To cause to move or proceed at a slower pace
To relax or laze around
To undo or be undone after winding or being wound
To relax one's efforts
To fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way
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Verb
▲
To make or become less taut
loosen
relax
loose
release
slack
untighten
veer
become looser
make looser
ease
unclench
unknot
let go
slacken off
open
free
ease off
disburden
disengage
ease up
lessen
weaken
soften
moderate
reduce
diminish
become loose
become slack
make slack
undo
make lax
untie
come loose
work loose
relieve
let up
become less stiff
become less tense
become less rigid
unfasten
unloose
unlock
unbind
unclasp
detach
unleash
unloosen
extricate
uncork
disconnect
separate
unfix
unbutton
unlace
unhitch
unlash
unhook
unstrap
disjoin
unbuckle
unpin
unstick
unbolt
unlatch
unsnap
unscrew
unbar
let out
work free
free up
become unfastened
break up
more ❯
“I could feel her grip around my waist
slacken
as she realized I could hold myself steady on the stallion, my hands wrapped in its mane.”
Verb
▲
To decrease in severity or intensity
abate
diminish
lessen
temper
decrease
ease
flag
moderate
recede
reduce
relax
relent
subside
wane
dwindle
ebb
mitigate
remit
sag
slake
slack
soften
weaken
ease off
ease up
get less
slacken off
taper off
become less intense
die down
drop off
fall off
slack off
let up
slow down
lower
decline
fall
fade
taper
shrink
peter out
fall away
die out
de-escalate
die away
pall
drop
phase down
ratchet down
tail off
drain away
alleviate
sink
contract
attenuate
check
slump
quell
fade away
grow less
lighten
degenerate
deteriorate
tone down
come to an end
decay
wither
curb
droop
crumble
wind down
drop away
restrain
plummet
quieten
calm down
drain
assuage
allay
dull
deaden
take the edge off
lull
cool off
depreciate
modify
deplete
devaluate
downscale
dilute
cease
run low
wear away
slow
quiet
take the sting out
melt away
grow smaller
become smaller
settle
rachet down
go downhill
curtail
mollify
relieve
evaporate
blunt
shrivel
fail
subdue
dissolve
dampen
qualify
dry up
wear down
wilt
downsize
calm
trail
close
plunge
bate
blur
depress
still
minify
extenuate
decrement
dent
fade out
waste away
settle down
trail off
die off
become weaker
become less
slash
waste
limit
cut down
palliate
disappear
lose edge
narrow down
vanish
cut
quash
minimize
US
lapse
atrophy
nosedive
stop
control
retrograde
restrict
melt
slip
collapse
languish
degrade
terminate
finish
disintegrate
erode
impair
clip
modulate
cut back
go down
put a lid on
roll back
soft-pedal
minimise
UK
come to a stop
take the bite out
knock down
quieten down
fizzle out
make less
make smaller
level off
rebate
tail away
release
retire
decimate
soothe
disengage
abbreviate
retrench
end
peter
revise
cool
die
pare down
turn down
descend
loosen
decelerate
unlax
smooth
pass
damp
help
go through the floor
hit the floor
trail away
thin down
thin out
phase out
dissipate
run out
scale down
blow over
quench
pacify
ameliorate
worsen
play down
placate
address
sweeten
improve
chill out
cool it
debilitate
dial down
sink into oblivion
disappear slowly
pass away
be forgotten
axe
UK
pare
spoil
retrogress
couch
bring down
liberalize
US
liberalise
UK
regress
trim
run down
ax
US
make cutbacks in
trim down
mark down
whittle down
cast down
tighten
amortise
UK
take down
trim back
downgrade
whittle
amortize
US
step down
slide
pour oil on
devolve
dim
make less strict
let up on
make less formal
ease up on
rot
evanesce
get worse
go down the toilet
disimprove
be neglected
hit the skids
break down
grow worse
go bad
go down the tubes
backslide
fall apart
become worse
be on the way out
get smaller
give way
give in
grow faint
become weak
fall short
draw to a close
thin
tame
desist
come down
slack up
dip
tumble
crash
dive
wear off
go
take a nosedive
emaciate
lag
go away
come to nothing
stifle
grow dim
clear
crater
skid
give out
cushion
smother
mute
wither away
come to a halt
get lower
go into a tailspin
put a damper on
damp down
retrocede
faint
fizzle
lose strength
suppress
slope
fall through
downturn
run dry
fall back
grow weak
fall steeply
disperse
tranquilize
US
fall sharply
clear up
cave in
tranquillise
UK
take a dive
drop rapidly
withdraw
put the lid on
make less intense
flow back
become lower
put damper on
falter
lose intensity
deflate
ebb away
muffle
be used up
dispel
abase
squelch
lose ground
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
go downwards
die away or out
die away or down
close out
halt
drop down
pass off
ration
dematerialize
relapse
be gone
be no more
totter
devalue
lose
break up
grow weaker
drag
cheapen
buckle
wizen
flee
flop
end gradually
fly
narrow
shave
bow out
perish
become listless
feel weak
lose energy
feel faint
fold up
hit the dirt
tip over
be precipitated
take a header
lose value
decrease in value
decline in price
numb
lift
round down
become shadowy
grow feeble
become indistinct
become vague
become confused
make faint
become blurred
run its course
be giving up the ghost
be about to die
be on your last legs
become moribund
have one foot in the grave
be breathing one's last
be approaching death
be on one's deathbed
be slipping away
be in extremis
be at death's door
cease to exist
sink lower
moulder
UK
sicken
pine
tucker
long
hunger
hanker
yearn
teeter
ail
brood
despond
molder
US
go to pieces
knock out
go into a decline
conk out
go soft
die on vine
more ❯
“Inflationary pressures have continued to
slacken
over the last month.”
Verb
▲
To cause to move or proceed at a slower pace
slow
decelerate
retard
brake
slack
become slower
get slower
slow down
make slower
reduce in speed
delay
impede
slow up
detain
stall
set back
bog down
hit the brakes
lose speed
hinder
restrict
check
curb
handicap
restrain
inhibit
obstruct
hamper
stay
lessen
retardate
hold back
mire
hold up
choke
postpone
keep back
interfere with
put the brakes on
hang up
reduce speed
let up
ease up
slam on the anchors
halt
sink
slam on the brakes
put on the brakes
temper
stunt
reduce
limit
curtail
regulate
moderate
abate
lag
decrease
diminish
reef
quiet
loiter
qualify
procrastinate
embog
lose pace
slack up
slacken off
lessen one's speed
go slower
rein in
wind down
cut back
lose steam
back-water
let down flaps
keep waiting
get in the way of
cut down
anchor it
trammel
encumber
hamstring
fetter
arrest
clog
interrupt
cumber
balk
US
baffle
crimp
defer
bog
baulk
UK
put a brake on
choke off
take down
bring to screeching halt
close off
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
put back
shut off
shut down
back off
block
stymie
cramp
thwart
prevent
shackle
constrain
frustrate
stop
hobble
foil
bar
bridle
handcuff
embarrass
forestall
hog-tie
manacle
tie up
cripple
repress
prohibit
short-circuit
suppress
derail
bork
deter
control
stonewall
counteract
disrupt
stifle
stand in the way of
oppose
avert
dam
withhold
contain
interdict
scupper
stave off
stem
cut off
get in the way
ward off
put an end to
smother
circumvent
burden
tie
shut out
counter
hold
interfere
avoid
weigh down
defend against
head off
confine
staunch
forbid
keep
defeat
evade
debar
disadvantage
preclude
put off
nullify
circumnavigate
hold in
make late
contravene
hold down
sidestep
skirt
stem the flow of
spoil
steer clear of
keep lid on
put a stop to
pause
sabotage
shelve
sandbag
neutralize
US
suspend
inconvenience
straiten
discontinue
muffle
crab
stanch
bottleneck
intermit
muzzle
faze
impair
entangle
govern
bind
resist
tame
neutralise
UK
overload
freeze
keep under control
constrict
oppress
dissuade from
fight back
keep in check
subdue
choke back
bring to a standstill
keep a lid on
bite back
box in
cramp one's style
hold off
put at a disadvantage
place at a disadvantage
nip in the bud
be a hindrance to
saddle with
straitjacket
sidetrack
weaken
cause to wait
cause to stay
protract
cool
remit
prorogue
circumscribe
prolong
discomfit
rattle
leash
stand off
peter out
debilitate
disconcert
chain
incommode
prevent from making progress
catch
get bogged down
charge
discommode
bother
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
snag
sideline
set limits on
impose limits on
tether
hold off on
foul up
screw up
get out of
strangle
throttle
screen
obscure
hold over
rein
complicate
give a hard time
put paid to
escape
bypass
beat
make difficult
peg
discipline
gag
drag your feet
louse up
cut short
terminate
squelch
swallow
tie one's hands
measure
rule
entrammel
overturn
scotch
hem in
queer someone's pitch
throw a spoke in the wheel of
give disadvantage
take out
put out of commission
deflect
put a limit on
repulse
discourage
rebuff
bottle up
checkmate
monkey with
wreck
put the stopper on
stump
ditch
take wind out of
upset
outwit
crash
ruin
do for
juke
put the kibosh on
unsettle
cool down
keep within bounds
cool off
wrong
keep a tight rein on
keep tight rein on
button up
keep the lid on
pull in
slacken pace
treat unfairly
do a disservice to
give a disadvantage to
treat harshly
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
treat unfavourably
tell against
inflict a handicap on
soften
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
forfend
withstand
intercept
dampen
obviate
stave
anticipate
dull
cushion
rule out
keep at bay
turn aside
fend off
keep off
saddle
load
damp
depress
absorb
buffer
blanket
plug
outlaw
deaden
lumber
jam
enjoin
ward
stuff
tone down
occlude
close
damp down
laden
lade
overtax
weight
freight
stress
strain
tax
congest
stopper
fill
bung
overwhelm
overburden
clot
keep in
put on brakes
obturate
stop up
clog up
dam up
gunge up
plug up
fill up
silt up
gum up
bung up
more ❯
“Night fell over them like a cloak, and still, Danea did not
slacken
her speed.”
Verb
▲
To relax or laze around
loll
relax
lounge
rest
repose
laze
luxuriate
flop
chill
bask
slack
vegetate
loiter
take it easy
veg out
hang loose
nap
sleep
doze
idle
snooze
unbend
pause
unwind
drowse
slump
slumber
loaf
outspan
catnap
zizz
kip
lie down
slack off
have a siesta
go to bed
kick back
recharge one's batteries
have a rest
sit back
refresh oneself
get some kip
take a siesta
wind down
be comfortable
take your ease
lie still
have a snooze
lie by
take a nap
settle back
be at ease
have a kip
let down
have a nap
take a breather
take life easy
have a spell
mellow out
take a rest
snatch forty winks
cool off
have forty winks
ease off
ease up
stretch out
do nothing
get some shut-eye
catch some Zs
sit down
de-stress
take five
be calm
slow down
put your feet up
nod off
stand down
be at leisure
chill out
take a break
recline
take time out
drop off
loosen up
lie
stop
sprawl
get some zizz
break off
catch forty winks
take time off
have a break
enjoy oneself
stay loose
let it all hang out
nod
siesta
decompress
play
unbutton
sleep lightly
doss down
let up
make yourself at home
entertain oneself
take ten
amuse oneself
doss
be asleep
couch
retire
sleep like a log
turn in
sleep like a top
come up for air
take forty winks
be in the land of Nod
be in the arms of Morpheus
laze around
catch a few Zs
calm down
lounge around
stretch
crash
mellow
doze off
drift off
have a zizz
have a lie-down
chillax
cop some z's
catch a wink
hit the hay
hit the sack
lay down
catch one's breath
be dead to the world
lie back
switch off
let yourself go
sit around
simmer down
compose oneself
breathe easy
stop work
let your hair down
collect oneself
lighten up
feel at home
settle down
get some rack
hang out
catch some z's
grab some z's
take a snooze
slouch
get your head down
lie dormant
cool down
breathe
recuperate
have
spread out
lie about
recess
take a load off
settle
refresh
destress
cool it
unlax
groove
lollop
be drowsy
get forty winks
put your head down
catch a few 'z' s
break
catch some zeds
be sleepy
take one's time
knock off
make less tense
suspend proceedings
stop briefly
bed
catch some few Zs
get some shuteye
be recumbent
sprawl out
be prone
stop for a breath
have time out
rest upon
get comfortable
take one's leisure
turn off
snuggle down
get comfy
bum
lazy
have a breather
lie upon
footle
dillydally
dally
dawdle
daydream
stone
go to sleep
pile in
call it a day
go up the stairs to Bedfordshire
roll in
drone
goof off
hack around
kick around
hang about
hang around
take a chill pill
stop worrying
oversleep
yawn
bunk
dream
snore
hibernate
zzz
conk out
bed down
be in the arms of morpheus
rest in the arms of morpheus
catch some zs
fall asleep
be in the land of nod
fall out
saw wood
sack out
zonk out
go out like a light
rest in the arms of Morpheus
sleep well
more ❯
Verb
▲
To undo or be undone after winding or being wound
unwind
untwist
unravel
uncoil
undo
disentangle
straighten
untwine
untangle
unkink
loosen
unreel
unwrap
free
separate
loose
unsnarl
unbraid
unweave
unlay
ravel out
straighten out
disentwine
open
unfurl
unroll
untie
unknot
spread out
open out
lay out
release
ravel
remove the knots from
unjumble
extricate
unpick
unlace
disengage
unfold
unstitch
separate out
work loose
unblock
clear
unspin
more ❯
Verb
▲
To relax one's efforts
let up
relax
ease up
ease off
slow down
do less
relax your efforts
become complacent
be complacent
drop one's guard
drop the ball
get comfortable
grow complacent
lower one's guard
hang loose
chill out
loosen up
unwind
take it easy
slack off
kick back
rest
laze
repose
stay loose
lounge
loll
unbend
wind down
enjoy oneself
mellow out
be at leisure
sit back
take a break
let it all hang out
lighten up
chill
idle
luxuriate
decompress
loaf
play
flop
let yourself go
amuse oneself
do nothing
slump
de-stress
entertain oneself
make yourself at home
veg out
take time off
recline
compose oneself
feel at home
take time out
take your ease
cool off
take ten
sit around
breathe easy
unbutton
settle back
take a breather
collect oneself
put your feet up
bask
stand down
outspan
calm down
take a load off
lie back
catch one's breath
chillax
take a chill pill
daydream
stop worrying
hang out
mellow
stone
slow
take some time off
become less formal
become informal
cool it
become relaxed
loosen
become less rigid
go easy
take things easy
be less active
take one's time
knock off
get comfy
be calm
lie down
have a break
take one's leisure
turn off
switch off
groove
unlax
simmer down
stop work
let your hair down
make less tense
lollop
snuggle down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To fall, move, or hang in a loose and ungainly way
flop
droop
hang
sag
dangle
flag
loll
drop
wilt
lop
teeter
totter
flounder
topple
hang down
hang loosely
hang limply
fall down
fall limply
slump
flap
swag
lean
sling
bow
stoop
drape
slouch
swing
bend
tumble
become limp
plop
bag
trail
nod
let down
become flaccid
wither
sprawl
bulge
swell
lounge
balloon
hunch
dip
loaf
be lazy
curve down
incline
fall unevenly
depend
bend forward
let droop
fold
bend downward
be loose
be pendent
beetle
suspend
settle
string
hook up
hang up
hang out
festoon
raise
let fall
place loosely
fix
peg out
peg up
wave
overhang
append
be suspended
pin up
stick up
attach
put up
string up
more ❯
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