Synonyms for unshackle
Most common
Definitions
- v. 1
To remove shackles from someone or something.
The captain ordered that the guards unshackle and release the prisoner, as he had served his sentence.
Forms
- Past participle
- unshackled
e.g. unshackled → freed, unchained, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| unshackle | rising | |
| liberate | steady | |
| emancipate | steady | |
| unbind | rising | |
| unchain | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- free1
- 6 letters
- unbind
- 7 letters
- unchain
- 8 letters
- liberate3, unfetter
- 10 letters
- emancipate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (liberate3 = 3 syllables).