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.
  •
  • Untighten,
  • slip,
  • unloose,
  • tauten.
  •
  • ebb,
  • bate,
  • lapse,
  • subside,
  • die,
  • moderate,
  • fall off,
  • fall,
  • wane.
  •
  • relent,
  • strong,
  • soften,
  • ease off,
  • yield,
  • weaken.
  •slacken (noun)
  • remit,
  • slow up,
  • slack,
  • slack up,
  • slow down,
  • slow,
  • relax.

• v.

  •change (verb)
  • slack,
  • slow,
  • slow down,
  • slow up,
  • remit.
  •decrease (verb)
  • slack,
  • diminish,
  • weaken,
  • sag,
  • loose,
  • reduce,
  • remit,
  • soften,
  • slow,
  • moderate,
  • Untighten,
  • relent,
  • retard,
  • flag,
  • mitigate,
  • relax,
  • slake,
  • loosen,
  • temper,
  • abate,
  • subside.
  •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,
  • weaken.
  •
  • slip.
  •
  • yield.
  •
  • fall.
  •bog down
  • slow up,
  • set back,
  • slow down.
  •compose
  • tune down,
  • ease up,
  • soothe,
  • placate.
  •decrease
  • peter,
  • slack off,
  • die down.
  •die
  • ease off.
  •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.
  •Other relevant words:
  • detain,
  • refresh,
  • souse,
  • dowse,
  • stay,
  • get worse,
  • decelerate,
  • swag,
  • foment,
  • rein in,
  • de-escalate,
  • give way,
  • lag,
  • let go,
  • contract,
  • decay,
  • adjourn,
  • benumb,
  • placid,
  • allay,
  • relax,
  • die down,
  • ease up on,
  • relapse,
  • crater,
  • soothe,
  • numb,
  • throttle,
  • slump,
  • fade,
  • quench,
  • defer,
  • postpone,
  • repose,
  • plummet,
  • reduce,
  • diversion,
  • die out,
  • reprieve,
  • deaden,
  • sober,
  • rest,
  • bottle up,
  • bridle,
  • pacify,
  • Forefend,
  • detach,
  • lateness,
  • block,
  • prevent,
  • keep back,
  • cut,
  • bate,
  • loose,
  • regress,
  • mollify,
  • dip,
  • hold over,
  • relaxation,
  • come apart,
  • shrink,
  • slow down,
  • change,
  • lighten,
  • obviate,
  • disjoin,
  • alleviate,
  • Estop,
  • reef,
  • pad,
  • dull,
  • lighten up,
  • neglect,
  • subjugate,
  • lay,
  • discount,
  • Unstick,
  • foreclose,
  • intervene,
  • fall back,
  • undo,
  • ease up,
  • lenify,
  • put out,
  • downplay,
  • tardiness,
  • scotch,
  • obstruct,
  • soak,
  • oppose,
  • laxity,
  • let down,
  • fall,
  • unbrace,
  • falter,
  • smooth over,
  • tranquil,
  • subside,
  • countercheck,
  • dam up,
  • assuage,
  • avert,
  • attemper,
  • thin out,
  • quiet,
  • hold back,
  • rebate,
  • calm,
  • plunge,
  • curtail,
  • give out,
  • reduce speed,
  • cold,
  • Stupe,
  • cut down,
  • flag,
  • saturate,
  • liberalize,
  • pastime,
  • disperse,
  • strong,
  • diffuse,
  • appease,
  • resist,
  • waste,
  • repress,
  • relent,
  • lax,
  • underplay,
  • take breath,
  • recreate,
  • slack off,
  • turn aside,
  • lull,
  • bog down,
  • interfere,
  • slack,
  • prorogue,
  • slake,
  • calm down,
  • drop,
  • tone down,
  • condone,
  • confine,
  • loosen up,
  • play down,
  • sag,
  • relieve,
  • douse,
  • entertainment,
  • remission,
  • peter,
  • tranquillize,
  • disintegrate,
  • comfort,
  • slow up,
  • decline,
  • defuse,
  • diminish,
  • pause,
  • dampen,
  • ease off,
  • earnest,
  • put over,
  • water down,
  • behind,
  • peter out,
  • hold up,
  • chilly,
  • give,
  • de-emphasize,
  • curb,
  • draw rein,
  • license,
  • set back,
  • slip,
  • failure,
  • cushion,
  • down,
  • palliate,
  • forgive,
  • lessen,
  • untune,
  • free from,
  • motionless,
  • grow worse,
  • restrict,
  • damp,
  • tame,
  • slow,
  • Untighten,
  • let loose,
  • impede,
  • die away,
  • tranquilize,
  • docile,
  • recede,
  • inhibit,
  • lose ground,
  • ebb,
  • modest,
  • Unglue,
  • unfasten,
  • retard,
  • abatement,
  • dwindle,
  • debar,
  • unwind,
  • shrivel,
  • attenuate,
  • unloose,
  • taper off,
  • slackening,
  • stifle,
  • hush,
  • temper,
  • shelve,
  • ward off,
  • brake,
  • preclude,
  • retrogress,
  • modify,
  • let up on,
  • off,
  • delay,
  • mitigate,
  • anesthetize,
  • dewy,
  • retrograde,
  • peaceful,
  • laxness,
  • smooth,
  • degenerate,
  • recreation,
  • fall off,
  • stave off,
  • unlax,
  • soften,
  • blunt,
  • decompress,
  • remand,
  • extenuate,
  • slack up,
  • obtund,
  • suppress,
  • amusement,
  • lower,
  • lapse,
  • quieten,
  • send back,
  • quell,
  • die,
  • gentle,
  • duck,
  • abate,
  • cool,
  • weaken,
  • keep within bounds,
  • backpedal,
  • unstrain,
  • meddle,
  • dilute,
  • relief,
  • somber,
  • rein,
  • draw off,
  • sane,
  • wane,
  • control,
  • arrest,
  • fail,
  • poultice,
  • turn off,
  • Antevert,
  • drain,
  • check,
  • mire,
  • dunk,
  • keep off,
  • fine,
  • assortment,
  • intercept,
  • snub,
  • moderate,
  • yield,
  • slacken off,
  • let,
  • dam,
  • salve,
  • table,
  • lose speed,
  • die off,
  • cease,
  • tauten,
  • interrupt,
  • worsen,
  • untie,
  • unleash,
  • decrease,
  • backwater,
  • remit,
  • meek,
  • leisure,
  • slip back,
  • modulate,
  • smother,
  • go down,
  • placate,
  • hinder,
  • keep in check,
  • subdue,
  • bland,
  • Intermeddle,
  • sicken,
  • absolve,
  • compose,
  • reduction,
  • disengage,
  • divert,
  • pour oil on,
  • chasten,
  • moist,
  • drench,
  • stop,
  • taper,
  • drag,
  • shackle,
  • loiter,
  • counteract,
  • Disimprove,
  • deteriorate,
  • scatter,
  • still,
  • wind down,
  • easy,
  • unstring,
  • tune down,
  • unbend.

Antonyms for Slacken:

• v.

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

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.