Definition for Slacken:

• To lessen the tension of; to relax; to mitigate; to cause to become slower; to abate; to withhold; to deprive of cohesion; to repress.

Synonyms for Slacken:

• n.

  •
  • diminish,
  • shrink,
  • dip,
  • drop,
  • decline,
  • crater,
  • dwindle,
  • slump.
  •
  • strong,
  • weaken.
  •slacken (noun)
  • relax.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • slack,
  • slow,
  • remit.
  •loosen (verb)
  • decrease,
  • reduce.
  •slacken (verb)
  • loosen,
  • release,
  • free.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • tauten,
  • Untighten,
  • bate.
  •
  • quiet,
  • relent,
  • subside,
  • wane,
  • ease off.
  •
  • lapse,
  • soften,
  • brake.
  •
  • ebb.
  •
  • die.
  •
  • slip.
  •
  • yield.
  •
  • fall.
  •bog down
  • slow up,
  • set back,
  • slow down.
  •compose
  • tune down,
  • ease up,
  • soothe,
  • placate.
  •decrease
  • peter,
  • slack off,
  • die down.
  •diminish
  • die out.
  •give
  • give way.
  •lessen
  • slack up,
  • wind down,
  • de-escalate.
  •linger
  • loiter.
  •peter
  • peter out.
  •relax
  • lose speed.
  •rest
  • unbend.
  •slow
  • backwater,
  • rein in.

Paraphrases for Slacken:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    loosen.
  • Adverb
    loosen.
  • Verb, base form
    weaken, loosen.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    lessen, diminish, decrease, wane, reduce, reducing, cease, liberalize.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    relax, relent, slow, ease, lower.

Antonyms for Slacken:

• v.

  • decrease
    excite, intensify, enlarge, agitate, forward, tighten, prolong, strengthen, grow, irritate, extend, rise, increase.
  • Other antonyms:
    advance, attach, encourage, restrain, hasten, drive, accelerate, facilitate, quicken, push, expedite, stir, ease, rush, constrain, goad, help, strain, bind, propel, urge, tie, stretch, tense, spur, aid, fasten, dispatch, further, speed, tension, hurry.

Homophones for Slacken:

• social season, schlesien, selachian, silken, silicone, saleswoman, salesman, selsyn, socialism, siloxane, silly season, sloe gin, silicon, sealskin, solecism, Sciolism, skull session, social occasion, syllogism, shell game, slogan, salishan, seclusion.

Hypernym for Slacken:

• v.

  • change
    douse, dowse.

Hyponym for Slacken:

• v.

  • change
    loosen, weaken, loose.