Synonyms for unchain
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To remove chains from someone or something.
They worked to unchain the prisoners from their shackles.
Forms
- Past participle
- unchained
e.g. unchained → freed, unshackled, liberated, emancipated…
Example sentences
- liberate Work doesn't liberate, it eventually makes you tired.
- emancipate There are five ways to emancipate themselves from the bond of worldly passions.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| unchain | rising | |
| liberate | steady | |
| emancipate | steady | |
| unbind | rising | |
| unshackle | rising | |
| unfetter | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- free1
- 6 letters
- unbind
- 8 letters
- liberate3, unfetter
- 9 letters
- unshackle3
- 10 letters
- emancipate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (liberate3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- déchaîner
- Italiano
- scatenare
- Español
- desencadenar