Synonyms for slacken
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Abate
abate, slow, relax, slack, loose, slow up informal, slack up, diminish, reduce, unwind, moderate, mitigate, loll, retard, dull, bate, slake dated
2. Loosen — to make slack, less taut, or less intense
loosen, ease, lessen, soften, allay, mollify, alleviate, soothe, assuage, palliate
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
- v. 2
To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
Related words
- Word family
- slack slacker
- Phrases
- slacken off
Forms
- Past participle
- slackened
e.g. slackened → abated, slowed, relaxed, slacked…
Example sentences
- slow He who is slow to promise is best in keeping them.
- relax I can't relax for a second when the kids are home.
- slack We tend to slack off after many hours of hard work.
- loosen Loosen the bottle cap to prevent pressure buildup.
- lessen We had to lessen the impact of the erratic supplies.
By length
- 4 letters
- slow1, ease1, dull1, bate1, loll1
- 5 letters
- loose1, relax2, slack1, remit2, abate2, allay2, slake
- 6 letters
- reduce2, retard2, loosen2, lessen2, soften2, soothe1, unwind2
- 7 letters
- assuage2, mollify3
- 8 letters
- moderate3, diminish3, mitigate3, palliate
- 9 letters
- alleviate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (relax2 = 2 syllables).