Synonyms of the word unwind


UNWINDAFFECT - DECOMPRESS - DISENTANGLE - DISPLACE - MOVE - RELAX - TURN - UNBEND - UNDO - UNLAX - UNROLL - UNSTRAIN

unwind

  • v. (transitive) To wind off; to loose or separate; to untwist; to untwine.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To disentangle.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To relax; to chill out; to rest and relieve of stress.
  • v. (intransitive) To be or become unwound; to be capable of being unwound or untwisted.
  • v. (transitive, finance) To undo something.

affect

  • v. (transitive) To influence or alter.
  • v. (transitive) To move to emotion.
  • v. (transitive) Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body).
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To dispose or incline.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To tend to by affinity or disposition.
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To assign; to appoint.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To aim for, to try to obtain.
  • v. (transitive, now rare) To feel affection for (someone); to like, be fond of.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To show a fondness for (something); to choose.
  • v. (transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretence of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display…
  • n. (obsolete) One's mood or inclination; mental state.
  • n. (obsolete) A desire, an appetite.
  • n. (psychology) A subjective feeling experienced in response to a thought or other stimulus; mood, emotion,…

decompress

  • v. (transitive) To relieve the pressure or compression on something.
  • v. (transitive) To bring someone (such as a diver) back to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed…
  • v. (transitive, computing) To restore (compressed data) to its original form.
  • v. (intransitive) To adjust to normal atmospheric pressure after being exposed to high pressure.
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To relax.

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.

displace

  • v. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
  • v. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
  • v. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
  • v. (psycology) to repress.

move

  • v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
  • v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
  • v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
  • v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
  • v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
  • v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
  • v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
  • v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
  • v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
  • n. The act of moving; a movement.
  • n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
  • n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
  • n. The event of changing one's residence.
  • n. A change in strategy.
  • n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
  • n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

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.

turn

  • v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
  • v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
  • v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
  • v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
  • v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
  • v. (archaic) To translate.
  • n. A change of direction or orientation.
  • n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
  • n. A single loop of a coil.
  • n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
  • n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
  • n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
  • n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
  • n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
  • n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
  • n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
  • n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
  • n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
  • n. A deed done to another.
  • n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
  • n. Character; personality; nature.
  • n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
  • n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

unbend

  • v. To remove a bend so as to make, or allow to become, straight.
  • v. To release (a load) from a strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax.
  • v. (nautical) To unfasten sails from the spars or stays to which are attached for use.
  • v. To cast loose or untie.
  • v. To cease to be bent; to become straight.
  • v. To relax in exertion, attention, severity, or the like.
  • v. (archaic) to enjoy oneself.

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.

unlax

  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To relax.

unroll

  • v. (transitive) To straighten something that has been rolled, twisted or curled.
  • v. (intransitive) To emerge, be revealed or become apparent; to unfold.
  • v. (transitive, programming, software compilation) To replace (a loop in a program) with a repetitive sequence…

unstrain

  • v. (transitive) To relieve from a strain; to relax.

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