| Main Entry: | unleash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let loose |
Synonyms: |
discharge, free, release, vent |
Antonyms: |
restrain |
| Main Entry: | free |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | liberate, let go |
Synonyms: |
absolve, acquit, bail, bail out, clear, cut loose, deliver, demobilize, discharge, disengage, disenthrall, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, let loose, let off the hook, let off, let out, loose, loosen, manumit, pardon, parole, put on the street, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, reprieve, rescue, save, set free, spring*, turn loose, turn out, unbind, uncage, unchain, undo, unfetter, unfix, unleash, untie |
Antonyms: |
confine, enslave, hold, incarcerate, restrain |
| Main Entry: | loose/loosen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set free; unbind |
Synonyms: |
alleviate, become unfastened, break up, deliver, detach, discharge, disconnect, disengage, disenthrall, disjoin, ease, ease off, emancipate, extricate, free, let go, let out, liberate, manumit, mitigate, relax, release, separate, slacken, unbar, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfix, unhitch, unhook, unlace, unlash, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unpin, unscrew, unsnap, unstick, unstrap, untie, untighten, work free, work loose |
Antonyms: |
bind, limit, restrict, tighten |
| Main Entry: | release |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let go, let out |
Synonyms: |
absolve, acquit, bail out, cast loose, clear, commute, deliver, discharge, disengage, dispense, drop, emancipate, exculpate, excuse, exempt, exonerate, extricate, free, give off, give out, go easy on, issue, leak, let off, let off steam, let up on, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, open up, set at large, set free, set loose, spring, surrender, take out, turn loose, turn out, unbind, unchain, undo, unfasten, unfetter, unleash, unloose, unshackle, untie, vent, wipe slate clean, yield |
Antonyms: |
collect, gather, hold, keep, maintain |
| Main Entry: | rescue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | save from danger |
Synonyms: |
bail one out, conserve, deliver, disembarrass, disentangle, emancipate, extricate, free, get off the hook, get out, get out of hock, give a break, hold over, keep, liberate, manumit, preserve, protect, pull out of the fire, ransom, recapture, recover, redeem, regain, release, retain, retrieve, safeguard, salvage, save life of, set free, spring*, unleash, unloose |
Antonyms: |
harm, hurt, imperil, injure |
| Main Entry: | vent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let out; express |
Synonyms: |
air, assert, come out with, declare, discharge, drive out, emit, empty, give, give off, give out, issue, loose, pour out, provide escape, put, release, state, take out on, throw off, unleash, utter, ventilate, verbalize, voice |
| Main Entry: | wreak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force, cause |
Synonyms: |
bring about, carry out, create, effect, execute, exercise, force upon, inflict, unleash, vent, visit, work, wreck |
| Notes: | wreak means to cause something, especially trouble; wreck means to destroy something |
| Main Entry: | loosen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unbind |
Synonyms: |
alleviate, become unfastened, break up, deliver, detach, discharge, disconnect, disengage, disenthrall, disjoin, ease, ease off, emancipate, extricate, free, lax, let go, let out, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, mitigate, relax, release, separate, slacken, unbar, unbolt, unbuckle, unbutton, unchain, unclasp, undo, unfasten, unfix, unhitch, unhook, unlace, unlash, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unpin, unscrew, unsnap, unstick, unstrap, untie, untighten, work free, work loose |
Antonyms: |
tighten |
| Main Entry: | manumit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | free |
Synonyms: |
absolve, acquit, bail, bail out, clear, cut loose, deliver, demobilize, discharge, disengage, disenthrall, disimprison, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, let loose, let off the hook, let off, let out, liberate, loose, loosen, pardon, parole, put on the street, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, reprieve, rescue, save, set free, spring*, turn loose, turn out, unbind, uncage, unchain, undo, unfetter, unfix, unleash, untie |
| Main Entry: | rescue |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
bailed out, expendible, extricable, reclaimed, redeemable, rescuable, retrieved, salvaged, saved, soterial
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