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Defenition of the word loosen

    • Defenition of the word loosen

      • To make less tight.
      • To make undone or untied; to free from any fastening.
      • make less dense
      • make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
      • become loose or looser; "The noose loosened"
      • disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"
      • become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
      • make less dense; "loosen the soil"
      • cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"
      • become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
      • make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
      • become loose or looser or less tight
      • make loose or looser
      • cause to become loose
      • disentangle and raise the fibers of
      • become less severe or strict
      • make less severe or strict

    Synonyms for the word loosen

      • come loose
      • come undone
      • come untied
      • loose
      • relax
      • release
      • slacken
      • slacken off
      • tease
      • tease apart
      • undo
      • untie
      • work loose

    Similar words in the loosen

      • loosen
      • loosened
      • looseness
      • looseness's
      • loosening
      • loosens

    Hyponyms for the word loosen

      • fluff
      • relax
      • remit
      • ruffle
      • scarify
      • slack
      • slacken
      • unbend
      • unscrew

    Hypernyms for the word loosen

      • alter
      • change
      • disentangle
      • modify
      • straighten out
      • unsnarl
      • weaken

    Antonyms for the word loosen

      • stiffen

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