Antonyms for slack
slækslack

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1. slackadjective

   To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.

   a slack rope

   Synonyms:
   culm

2. slackadjective

   A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.

   Business is slack.

   Synonyms:
   easy, moderate, slow, slough

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slack

   Slow signifies moving through a relatively short distance, or with a relatively small number of motions in a given time; slow also applies to that which is a relatively long while in beginning or accomplishing something; a watch or a clock is said to be slow when its indications are behind those of the standard time. Tardy is applied to that which is behind the proper or desired time, especially in doing a work or arriving at a place. Deliberate and dilatory are used of persons, tho the latter may be used also of things, as of a stream; a person is deliberate who takes a noticeably long time to consider and decide before acting or who acts or speaks as if he were deliberating at every point; a person is dilatory who lays aside, or puts off as long as possible, necessary or required action; both words may be applied either to undertaking or to doing. Gradual (Latin gradus, a step) signifies advancing by steps, and refers to slow but regular and sure progression. Slack refers to action that seems to indicate a lack of tension, as of muscle or of will, sluggish to action that seems as if reluctant to advance.

   See synonyms for NIMBLE.

   Synonyms:
   dawdling, delaying, deliberate, dilatory, drowsy, dull, gradual, inactive, inert, lingering, moderate, procrastinating, slow, sluggish, tardy

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slack

   Antonyms:
   tight, tense, strong, active, prompt, diligent, alert, quick, eager

   Synonyms:
   loose, weak, remiss, backward, indiligent, slow, remiss, tardy, lax

Matched Categories

1. • Bog
   • Debris
   • Decrease
   • Loosen
   • Looseness
   • Neglect
   • Shirk

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slacknoun

   dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

   Antonyms:
   tense, diligent, running(a)

   Synonyms:
   quag, slackness, falloff, falling off, slack water, morass, slump, drop-off, quagmire, mire

2. slump, slack, drop-off, falloff, falling offnoun

   a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality

   "the team went into a slump"; "a gradual slack in output"; "a drop-off in attendance"; "a falloff in quality"

   Antonyms:
   tense, running(a), diligent

   Synonyms:
   slackness, economic crisis, falloff, slack water, cliff, morass, drop, depression, falling off, quag, lessening, mire, decrease, quagmire, drop-off, slump

3. slack, slack waternoun

   a stretch of water without current or movement

   "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"

   Antonyms:
   diligent, tense, running(a)

   Synonyms:
   quag, slackness, falloff, slack tide, falling off, slack water, morass, slump, drop-off, quagmire, mire

4. mire, quagmire, quag, morass, slacknoun

   a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

   Antonyms:
   running(a), diligent, tense

   Synonyms:
   quag, slackness, falloff, slop, falling off, slack water, morass, slump, drop-off, quagmire, mire

5. slack, slacknessnoun

   the quality of being loose (not taut)

   "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"

   Antonyms:
   running(a), diligent, tense

   Synonyms:
   slackness, falloff, remissness, inanition, slack water, laxity, lethargy, morass, falling off, laxness, lassitude, quag, mire, quagmire, drop-off, slump

6. slackadjective

   a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely

   "he took up the slack"

   Antonyms:
   tense, running(a), diligent

   Synonyms:
   quag, slackness, falloff, falling off, slack water, morass, slump, drop-off, quagmire, mire

7. loose, slackadjective

   not tense or taut

   "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"

   Antonyms:
   diligent, tense, running(a)

   Synonyms:
   idle, promiscuous, informal, easy, wanton, sluttish, escaped, liberal, free, open, lax, loose, unaffixed, on the loose(p), light, at large(p)

8. slackadjective

   flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide

   "slack water"

   Antonyms:
   running(a), tense, diligent

   Synonyms:
   loose, lax

9. lax, slackverb

   lacking in rigor or strictness

   "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"

   Antonyms:
   running(a), tense, diligent

   Synonyms:
   loose, lax

10. slackverb

    avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

    Antonyms:
    diligent, tense, running(a)

    Synonyms:
    slack off, abate, die away, slake, relax, slow up, slow, slacken, slow down, let up, slack up

11. slackverb

    be inattentive to, or neglect

    "He slacks his attention"

    Antonyms:
    running(a), tense, diligent

    Synonyms:
    slack off, abate, die away, slake, relax, slow up, slow, slacken, slow down, let up, slack up

12. slackverb

    release tension on

    "slack the rope"

    Antonyms:
    running(a), tense, diligent

    Synonyms:
    slack off, abate, die away, slake, relax, slow up, slow, slacken, slow down, let up, slack up

13. slack, slacken, slack up, relaxverb

    make less active or fast

    "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now"

    Antonyms:
    diligent, tense, running(a)

    Synonyms:
    unstrain, decompress, slow down, unbend, slacken, loosen, remit, let up, unlax, slack off, abate, loosen up, slow, loose, slack up, slake, relax, die away, unwind, make relaxed, slow up

14. slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slackenverb

    become slow or slower

    "Production slowed"

    Antonyms:
    running(a), tense, diligent

    Synonyms:
    decompress, slow down, unbend, slacken, remit, let up, slack off, abate, loosen up, slow, decelerate, slack up, retard, slake, relax, die away, unwind, slow up

15. slake, abate, slackverb

    make less active or intense

    Antonyms:
    tense, running(a), diligent

    Synonyms:
    slack off, allay, abate, slow down, slake, slow up, slow, quench, slacken, assuage, relax, die away, let up, slack up

16. abate, let up, slack off, slack, die awayverb

    become less in amount or intensity

    "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours"

    Antonyms:
    diligent, tense, running(a)

    Synonyms:
    slack off, ease off, abate, die away, slow up, relax, slacken, slake, slow, slack up, slow down, let up, ease up

17. slack, slakeverb

    cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water

    "slack lime"

    Antonyms:
    tense, running(a), diligent

    Synonyms:
    slack off, allay, abate, die away, slake, relax, slow up, assuage, slow, slacken, quench, slow down, let up, slack up

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1. slackadjective

   Synonyms:
   lax, loose, relaxed, remiss, negligent, careless, shiftless, inactive, slow

How to use slack in a sentence?

1. Ian Nakamoto:

   Fear of higher rates is the topic of the day. That's why people are backing off a little bit, i still think there's a lot of slack in the economy and (the Fed) should hold off here.

2. Timothy Kaldas:

   The policy of import substitution was popular during the period of decolonization ... It's one of those policies that looks good on paper but doesn't work, lots of things are imported because there is no alternative but also because they are cheaper than domestic alternatives. There are many imports poor people depend on. Even if in theory local production could pick up the slack it would take time and in the meantime we could see a sharp reduction in employment.

3. United States:

   We have strategic stockpiled medical supplies, we have enough that we were able to offer to the interagency team a supply of masks and gowns and ventilators and things like that, now, like everybody else, we're going to face shortages with regard to some of the PPE until the private sector industry can pick up the slack.

4. Jesse Hurwitz:

   Combining these data with figures from the Labor Department's employment report suggests that labor market slack continues to diminish, on balance, the data suggest labor demand held up solidly at the beginning of the third quarter.

5. Robert Mann:

   It's a combination of slack demand in both directions, leisure travelers going to Puerto Rico are concerned both about the state of the economy and the extent to which leisure resort facilities are going to be properly maintained.

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