Synonyms of the word

slacken

• v. (intransitive) To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack.
• v. (transitive) To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
• v. To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.

decrease

• v. (intransitive) Of a quantity, to become smaller.
• v. (transitive) To make (a quantity) smaller.
• n. An amount by which a quantity is decreased.
• n. (knitting) A reduction in the number of stitches, usually accomplished by suspending the stitch to be…

lessen

• v. (transitive) To make less; to diminish; to reduce.
• v. (intransitive) To become less.

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.

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.

minify

• v. To make smaller.
• v. To reduce in apparent size, as for example objects viewed through a lens or mirror shaped so as to increase…
• v. (computing) To remove white space and unnecessary characters from a web page's source code in order to…

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.

remit

• v. To forgive, pardon.
• v. To refrain from exacting or enforcing.
• v. (transitive, obsolete, rare) To give up; omit; cease doing.
• v. To allow (something) to slacken, to relax (one's attention etc.).
• v. (obsolete) To show a lessening or abatement (of) a specified quality.
• v. (obsolete) To diminish, abate.
• v. To refer (something) for deliberation, judgment, etc. (to a particular body or person).
• v. (obsolete) To send back.
• v. (archaic) To give or deliver up; surrender; resign.
• v. To restore or replace.
• v. To postpone.
• v. To transmit or send, as money in payment.
• n. (chiefly Britain) terms of reference; set of responsibilities; scope.

slack

• n. (uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.
• n. (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
• n. (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
• n. (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.
• adj. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.
• adj. Weak; not holding fast.
• adj. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
• adj. Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
• adj. (slang, West Indies) vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
• adv. Slackly.
• v. To slacken.
• v. (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
• v. (followed by “off”) to procrastinate; to be lazy.
• v. (followed by “off”) to refuse to exert effort.
• v. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.

slow

• adj. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding…
• adj. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
• adj. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
• adj. Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.
• adj. (of a clock or the like) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
• adj. Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.
• adj. (of a period of time) Not busy; lacking activity.
• v. (transitive) To make (something) run, move, etc. less quickly; to reduce the speed of.
• v. (transitive) To keep from going quickly; to hinder the progress of.
• v. (intransitive) To become slow; to slacken in speed; to decelerate.
• n. Someone who is slow; a sluggard.
• n. (music) A slow song.
• adv. Slowly.

weaken

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