released - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | released |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | freed |
| Synonyms: | discharged, free, let go, liberated, set free |
| Main Entry: | released |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | announced |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, distributed, issued, published, made public |
| Main Entry: | release |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let go, let out |
| Synonyms: | absolve, acquit, bail out, clear, commute, deliver, discharge, disengage, dispense, drop, emancipate, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, extricate, free, give off, issue, leak, let off, liberate, loose, loosen, spring, surrender, turn out, undo, unfasten, unleash, untie, vent, yield, cast loose, give out, go easy on, let off steam, let up on, manumit, open up, set at large, set free, set loose, take out, turn loose, unbind, unchain, unfetter, unloose, unshackle, wipe slate clean |
| Antonyms: | collect, gather, hold, keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | convalescent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improving, recuperating |
| Synonyms: | ambulatory, discharged, dismissed, healing, mending, recovering, released, restored, gaining strength, getting better, getting over something, getting well, on the mend, past crisis, perked up, rallying, rejuvenated, rejuvenating, strengthening |
| Antonyms: | failing, sickly, weak, faltering, regressing, worsening |
| Main Entry: | exempt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | freed from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | beat the rap*, clear, cleared, discharged, excused, favored, free, immune, let off*, outside, privileged, released, special, unchecked, unrestrained, unrestricted, absolved, excepted, excluded, let go, liberated, not liable, not responsible, not subject, off the hook, set apart, spared, unbound, unshackled, void of, walked |
| Antonyms: | accountable, answerable, liable, responsible, nonexempt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | announced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made widely known |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, declared, issued, released, reported, circulated, communicated, declared publicly, disclosed, divulged, made public, publicized, revealed, told |
| Antonyms: | hidden, unannounced, suppressed |
| Main Entry: | dropped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discontinued |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, discarded, discharged, released, expelled |
| Main Entry: | freed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberated |
| Synonyms: | discharged, free, released |
| Main Entry: | pardoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forgiven |
| Synonyms: | discharged, excused, freed, freed, let off*, released, acquitted, exonerated, manumitted, reprieved |
| Antonyms: | accused, condemned, convicted |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | published |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | written |
| Synonyms: | advertised, announced, broadcast, issued, presented, printed, pronounced, released, reported, ventilated, voiced, circulated, circulated, divulged, proclaimed, promulgated, propagated |
| Main Entry: | loose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not tight; unconstrained |
| Synonyms: | apart, asunder, baggy, clear, detached, disconnected, easy, escaped, flabby, flaccid, floating, free, hanging, insecure, lax, limp, movable, released, separate, slack, sloppy, unattached, unconnected, undone, unfettered, unhinged, unlocked, unrestrained, unrestricted, untied, wobbly, at large, liberated, loosened, not fitting, relaxed, slackened, unbolted, unbound, unbuttoned, uncaged, unclasped, unconfined, unfastened, unhooked, unlatched, unpinned, unsecured, unshackled |
| Notes: | loose means not restrained, fastened, confined or attached, while lose means fail to keep or to maintain or fail to win |
| Antonyms: | restricted, taut, tight, constrained |
| Main Entry: | discharged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dismissed |
| Synonyms: | canned*, fired, freed, recalled, released, replaced, axed, ejected, expelled, furloughed, laid-off, let go, ousted, sacked, sent away, sent home |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | saved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | kept from danger |
| Synonyms: | defended, freed, guarded, protected, released, safe, secure, conserved, cured, healed, maintained, preserved, reclaimed, regenerated, rescued, safeguarded, salvaged, unthreatened |
| Antonyms: | ruined, lost destroyed |
| Main Entry: | relieved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | deprived of something, or freed from it |
| Synonyms: | discharged, disengaged, dismissed, freed, released, removed, replaced, rescued, separated from |
| Main Entry: | uttered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective2 |
| Definition: | given forth |
| Synonyms: | announced, broadcast, delivered, issued, released, circulated, diffused, disclosed, divulged, verbalized |
| Antonyms: | banned, withdrawn, withheld |
| Main Entry: | absolve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free from responsibility, duty |
| Synonyms: | acquit, bleach, clear, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, forgive, free, launder*, let off*, liberate, loose, pardon, release, relieve, sanitize*, spare, spring*, vindicate, whitewash, write off*, blink at, go easy on, let off easy, let off the hook, let up on, lifeboat, set free, wink at*, wipe it off, wipe the slate clean |
| Antonyms: | bind, blame, charge, condemn, convict, hold, impeach, incriminate, obligate, punish, sentence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acquit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | announce removal of blame |
| Synonyms: | absolve, clear, deliver, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, free, let off, liberate, release, relieve, vindicate, whitewash*, blink at, disculpate, let go, let off the hook, wink at*, wipe off |
| Antonyms: | blame, censure, condemn, convict, damn, denounce, doom, sentence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | permit an action |
| Synonyms: | accord, accredit, admit, approve, authorize, bear, brook, certify, commission, consent, empower, endorse, endure, favor, hear of, indulge, let, license, oblige, okay, pass, recognize, release, sanction, stand, suffer, support, tolerate, warrant, be big, be game for, free up, give a blank check, give carte blanche, give leave, give permission, give the go-ahead, give the green light, go along with, grant permission, hold with, live with, pass on, put up with, sit still for, take kindly to |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, disapprove, forbid, prohibit, protest, refuse, reject, resist, withstand |
| Main Entry: | announce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a proclamation |
| Synonyms: | advertise, blast, blazon, broadcast, call, communicate, declare, disclose, disseminate, divulge, drum*, impart, intimate, issue, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, report, reveal, state, tell, trumpet, annunciate, give out, make known, make public, pass the word, propound, run off at mouth, sound off, spread around |
| Antonyms: | bottle up, conceal, refrain, repress, suppress, withhold, keep secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bail out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | help |
| Synonyms: | aid, deliver, release, relieve, rescue, spring |
| Antonyms: | ignore, refuse |
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