Synonyms for Wind down:

• n.

  •truce (noun)
  • cease-fire,
  • breather,
  • lull,
  • stay,
  • agreement,
  • intermission,
  • amnesty,
  • reconciliation,
  • white flag,
  • letup,
  • de-escalation,
  • temporary peace,
  • reprieve,
  • respite,
  • terms,
  • treaty,
  • cessation,
  • suspension,
  • armistice,
  • moratorium,
  • olive branch,
  • wind-down,
  • peace,
  • pause,
  • interval.

• v.

  •catch one's breath (verb)
  • stop for a breath,
  • recuperate.
  •close (verb)
  • clear,
  • cease,
  • fold up,
  • sew up,
  • button up,
  • culminate,
  • call off,
  • wrap up,
  • drop the curtain,
  • fold,
  • consummate,
  • put a lid on,
  • call it a day,
  • DO,
  • cut loose,
  • button down,
  • clinch,
  • pack it in,
  • cap,
  • halt,
  • shut down,
  • put to bed,
  • ultimate,
  • shutter,
  • determine.
  •reduce (verb)
  • debase,
  • cut down,
  • impoverish,
  • shorten,
  • bankrupt,
  • depress,
  • cheapen,
  • recede,
  • trim,
  • discount,
  • depreciate,
  • turn down,
  • ruin,
  • shave,
  • slim,
  • tone down,
  • deflate,
  • slash,
  • chop,
  • lower,
  • pare,
  • step down,
  • rebate,
  • pauperize,
  • diet.
  •rest (verb)
  • idle,
  • take five,
  • relax,
  • breathe,
  • stretch out,
  • let down,
  • snooze,
  • lounge,
  • sit down,
  • slack off,
  • be at ease,
  • slack,
  • loll,
  • take time out,
  • lie still,
  • nap,
  • unlax,
  • lie by,
  • drowse,
  • be comfortable,
  • slumber,
  • put feet up,
  • nod,
  • spell,
  • lean,
  • refresh oneself,
  • ease up,
  • dream,
  • take a nap,
  • doze,
  • let up,
  • take life easy,
  • loaf.
  •slow (verb)
  • let down flaps,
  • impede,
  • mire,
  • lag,
  • retard,
  • rein in,
  • brake,
  • stall,
  • embog,
  • quiet,
  • hinder,
  • loiter,
  • stunt,
  • Back-water,
  • anchor it,
  • choke,
  • procrastinate,
  • postpone,
  • regulate,
  • lose speed,
  • check,
  • hit the brakes,
  • reef,
  • set back,
  • qualify,
  • retardate,
  • reduce speed,
  • decelerate,
  • bog down,
  • hold up,
  • hold back,
  • handicap,
  • curb,
  • detain,
  • temper,
  • keep waiting,
  • lose steam.
  •taper/taper off (verb)
  • bate,
  • rescind,
  • fade,
  • subside.
  •terminate (verb)
  • bounce,
  • issue,
  • dismiss,
  • abolish,
  • fire,
  • cancel,
  • expire,
  • define,
  • perfect,
  • drop,
  • run out,
  • dissolve,
  • confine,
  • cut off,
  • scratch,
  • desist,
  • lapse,
  • result,
  • adjourn,
  • sack,
  • eliminate,
  • scrub,
  • discharge,
  • extinguish,
  • bound,
  • tether,
  • annul,
  • achieve,
  • restrict,
  • abort,
  • limit,
  • wrap,
  • complete.
  •unwind (verb)
  • quieten,
  • quiet down.
  •wane (verb)
  • dim,
  • fail,
  • ebb,
  • fall,
  • sink,
  • atrophy,
  • relent,
  • wither,
  • peter out.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • idle away,
  • VEG,
  • vegetate,
  • disband,
  • discontinue,
  • mellow out,
  • loosen up,
  • lounge around,
  • sit around,
  • laze away,
  • laze,
  • unbend,
  • kick back,
  • proscribe,
  • sit back,
  • rest up,
  • simmer down.
  •
  • bum around,
  • get on with,
  • come out of,
  • lie around,
  • bask,
  • laugh at,
  • squelch,
  • cool off.
  •
  • forget,
  • round off,
  • shrug off,
  • ease off,
  • recess.
  •
  • conclude,
  • lighten,
  • repose.
  •
  • chill.
  •
  • end,
  • get together,
  • knock off.
  •
  • wind up,
  • still.
  •
  • settle.
  •
  • break.
  •catch one's breath
  • stop for breath.
  •close
  • Ultimating,
  • ultimates,
  • pack in,
  • shuttering,
  • shuttered,
  • Ultimated,
  • packed in,
  • packs in,
  • call a day,
  • sewed up,
  • winding down,
  • buttoned up,
  • put lid on.
  •decrease
  • taper.
  •relax
  • unwind.
  •rest
  • lay by,
  • easing off,
  • eased up,
  • drowsing,
  • slumbering,
  • Resting,
  • Drowsed,
  • Idled,
  • unbended,
  • sat down,
  • unbent,
  • drowses,
  • stretched out,
  • Slumbered,
  • slacking off,
  • takes a nap,
  • unbends.
  •slow
  • stunting,
  • Reefing,
  • reins in,
  • reined in,
  • backwater,
  • retardates,
  • backwaters,
  • Reefed.
  •unwind
  • quieted down.

Antonyms for Wind down:

• n.

  • truce
    disagreement, continuation, go, war, persistence, fight.

• v.

  • close
    initiate, disunite, disjoin, Unclose, unseal, continue, not finish, start, open, begin, commence, unplug, Unstop, release.
  • lessen
    go up, grow, irritate, increase, expand, worsen, lengthen, strengthen, develop, raise, stretch, prolong, intensify, rise, enlarge, extend.
  • reduce
    compliment, invigorate, win, praise, amplify, laud, upgrade, enhance.
  • rest
    be active, energize, DO, stand, activate, move, walk, carry out.
  • slow
    aid, assist, allow, further, excite, accelerate, forward, advance, liberate, help, expedite, push, facilitate, encourage, agitate.
  • terminate
    create, schedule, establish, uphold, keep, keep on, engage, go on, permit, free, hold, welcome, hire, ratify, let go, restart, carry on, accept, introduce, employ, bear, set up.
  • unwind
    ready, twist, wind, prepare, tangle.
  • wane
    ascend, brighten, reach.
  • Other antonyms:
    tense.