loosen

Synonyms

discharge, disenthrall (also disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, free, liberate, loose, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter;

Antonyms

bind, confine, enchain, fetter, restrain;

Near Antonyms

handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel;

commit, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, lock (up);

conquer, enslave, subdue, subjugate;

Related Words

bail (out), deliver, parole, ransom, redeem, rescue, save;

adrift, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricate;

unshackle;

Phrases

turn loose;