Synonyms of the word

loosen

• v. To make loose.
• v. To free from restraint; to set at liberty.
• v. To remove costiveness from; to facilitate or increase the alvine discharges of.

alter

• v. (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
• v. (intransitive) To become different.
• v. (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
• v. (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To agitate; to affect mentally.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

disentangle

• v. (transitive) To free something from entanglement; to extricate or unknot.
• v. (transitive) To unravel a mystery etc.
• v. (intransitive) To become free or untangled.

loose

• v. (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
• v. (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
• v. (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
• v. (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
• v. (archery) to shoot (an arrow).
• v. (obsolete) To set sail.
• v. (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
• adj. Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
• adj. Not held or packaged together.
• adj. Not under control.
• adj. Not fitting closely.
• adj. Not compact.
• adj. Relaxed.
• adj. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
• adj. Indiscreet.
• adj. (dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
• adj. (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
• adj. (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
• n. (archery) The release of an arrow.
• n. (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
• n. (rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
• n. Freedom from restraint.
• n. A letting go; discharge.
• interj. (archery) begin shooting; release your arrows.
• v. Misspelling of lose.

modify

• v. (transitive) To make partial changes to.
• v. (intransitive) To be or become modified.

relax

• v. (transitive) To calm down.
• v. (transitive) To make something loose.
• v. (intransitive) To become loose.
• v. (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
• v. (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
• v. (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
• v. (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.
• v. (transitive) To relieve (something) from stress.
• v. (transitive, dated) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.

tease

• v. To separate the fibres of a fibrous material.
• v. To comb (originally with teasels) so that the fibres all lie in one direction.
• v. To back-comb.
• v. (transitive) To poke fun at.
• v. (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
• v. (transitive) To entice, to tempt.
• v. (transitive, informal) To show as forthcoming, in the manner of a teaser.
• n. One who teases.
• n. A single act of teasing.
• n. A cock tease; an exotic dancer; a stripper.

undo

• v. To reverse the effects of an action.
• v. To unfasten.
• v. (figuratively) to be heading for or to cause a downfall.
• n. (computing) An operation that reverses a previous action.
• adj. Misspelling of undue.

unsnarl

• v. To remove or undo a snarl.

untie

• v. (transitive) To loosen, as something interlaced or knotted; to disengage the parts of.
• v. (transitive) To free from fastening or from restraint; to let loose; to unbind.
• v. To resolve; to unfold; to clear.
• v. (intransitive) To become untied or loosed.

weaken

• v. (transitive) To make weaker.
• v. (intransitive) To become weaker.