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liberate

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of liberate

1 to set free (as from slavery or confinement)

  • the animal rightists snuck into the laboratory in the middle of the night to liberate all of the monkeys
Synonyms of liberate

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

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

adrift, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricate

unshackle
Phrases Synonymous with liberate

turn loose
Near Antonyms of liberate

handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel

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

conquer, enslave, subdue, subjugate
Antonyms of liberate

bind, confine, enchain, fetter, restrain

2 to set free from entanglement or difficulty

  • we were liberated from our financial woes when we hit the grand prize in the lottery
Synonyms of liberate

clear, disembarrass, disengage, disentangle, extricate, free, release, untangle
Words Related to liberate

deliver, redeem, rescue, save

disburden, disencumber, unburden

unravel, unsnarl, untie, untwine
Phrases Synonymous with liberate

cut loose
Near Antonyms of liberate

block, hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct

burden, encumber, load, weigh
Antonyms of liberate

embroil, entangle

Synonym Discussion of liberate

free, release, liberate, emancipate, manumit mean to set loose from restraint or constraint. free implies a usually permanent removal from whatever binds, confines, entangles, or oppresses.
    • freed the animals from their cages
release suggests a setting loose from confinement, restraint, or a state of pressure or tension, often without implication of permanent liberation.
    • released his anger on a punching bag
liberate stresses particularly the resulting state of liberty.
    • liberated their country from the tyrant
emancipate implies the liberation of a person from subjection or domination.
    • labor-saving devices emancipated us from household drudgery
manumit implies emancipation from slavery.
    • the document manumitted the slaves

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