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.

Hypernym for Slacken:

• v.

  • change
    douse, dowse.

Hyponym for Slacken:

• v.

  • change
    loosen, weaken, loose.