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Synonyms for loosen
ˈlu sənloosen

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  1. loosenverb

    Antonyms:
    tighten

  2. loosenverb

    After the Thanksgiving meal, Bill loosened his belt.

    Antonyms:
    tighten

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. loosen, looseverb

    make loose or looser

    "loosen the tension on a rope"

    Synonyms:
    tease, release, unleash, loose, free, liberate, untie, unloose, tease apart, let loose, unloosen, relax, undo

    Antonyms:
    stiffen

  2. relax, loosenverb

    make less severe or strict

    "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"

    Synonyms:
    untie, decompress, slow down, unbend, tease, undo, slacken, unlax, tease apart, loosen up, loose, slack up, relax, slack, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain

    Antonyms:
    stiffen

  3. relax, loosenverb

    become less severe or strict

    "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"

    Synonyms:
    untie, decompress, slow down, unbend, tease, undo, slacken, unlax, tease apart, loosen up, loose, slack up, relax, slack, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain

    Antonyms:
    stiffen

  4. tease, tease apart, loosenverb

    disentangle and raise the fibers of

    "tease wool"

    Synonyms:
    bait, badger, taunt, tease, fluff, undo, loose, bug, twit, tease apart, cod, tantalize, tantalise, relax, untie, ride, rag, card, razz, beleaguer, pester, rally

    Antonyms:
    stiffen

  5. untie, undo, loosenverb

    cause to become loose

    "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"

    Synonyms:
    unbrace, unmake, relax, tease, loose, untie, tease apart, unwrap, unlace, undo

    Antonyms:
    stiffen

  6. loosenverb

    make less dense

    "loosen the soil"

    Synonyms:
    loose, relax, untie, tease apart, undo, tease

    Antonyms:
    stiffen

  7. loosen, relax, looseverb

    become loose or looser or less tight

    "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

    Synonyms:
    let loose, untie, liberate, decompress, slow down, unbend, unloosen, tease, undo, loosen up, unlax, tease apart, release, free, loose, slack up, unleash, unloose, relax, slack, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain, slacken

    Antonyms:
    stiffen

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. loosenverb

    Synonyms:
    slacken, relax, make loose, make less tight

  2. loosenverb

    Synonyms:
    release, unloose, loose, let loose

  3. loosenverb

    Synonyms:
    make lax (as the bowels)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. loosenverb

    Synonyms:
    relax

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "loosen":

    unscrew, slacken, loose, remove

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#6781relax
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#13704bait
#15810rag
#16228badger
#17420tease
#17781slack
#25712unwind
#29071unleash
#29528loosen
#29630fluff
#35984liberate
#50234razz
#53644taunt
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#62512twit
#80044untie
#82462unscrew
#90108pester
#148246tantalize
#154483slacken
#282564unmake
#321242tantalise

How to use loosen in a sentence?

  1. Nie Wen:

    Given exports are unlikely to stage a comeback and a possible slowdown in the property sector, the downward pressure on China's economy is likely to continue, with fourth-quarter economic growth expected to slip to 5.9%, authorities will loosen policies, but in a more restrained way.

  2. Robert Jetter:

    The skin of the arms starts to loosen at around age 40 and can form a ‘batwing’ that gets progressively worse.

  3. Joe Gilbert:

    Powell is trying to have it both ways, this ultimately may be the last rate hike this year, but Powell has to make the market believe that it isn’t because that would loosen financial conditions too much.

  4. Neil Shearing:

    Moves to roll back regulatory changes made in the wake of the global financial crisis, or to loosen the credit spigots more generally, could inadvertently sow the seeds of the next crisis.

  5. Shilan Shah:

    Indias Prime MinisterSitharaman is likely to come under growing pressure to loosen policy to support the economy amid signs that growth has slowed.


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