Synonyms for let go
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Abandon — to dismiss from employment
abandon, can US, fire, drop, remove, serve notice, discharge, sack, dismiss, pink slip US, waive, omit, discard, retrench, dehire rare, decruit rare, unhire rare
2. Release — to release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on
release, loose, liberate, relinquish, let out, set free, let loose, absolve, unhand, unloose rare
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To release from one's grasp; to go from a state of holding on to a state of no longer holding on.
You're hurting him! Let him go!
- v. 2
To dismiss from employment.
The secretary didn't work out, so her boss told her she was being let go.
Example sentences
- remove Please remove that chair because it is in the way.
- abandon Many Armenians were forced to abandon their lands.
- sack All I found in the pantry was a sack of hard bread.
- liberate Work doesn't liberate, it eventually makes you tired.
- relinquish Power is a drug which few ever manage to relinquish.
By length
- 3 letters
- can1
- 4 letters
- fire2, drop1, sack1, omit2
- 5 letters
- loose1, waive1
- 6 letters
- remove2, unhand, dehire, unhire
- 7 letters
- release2, abandon3, dismiss2, discard2, absolve2, unloose, decruit
- 8 letters
- liberate3, retrench2
- 9 letters
- discharge2
- 10 letters
- relinquish3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).