Synonyms of liberating

liberating

verb

present participle of liberate

1

as in freeing

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 & Similar Words

• freeing
• releasing
• rescuing
• emancipating
• saving
• enfranchising
• loosening
• unfettering
• enlarging
• manumitting
• unbinding
• unchaining
• springing
• loosing
• discharging
• turning loose
• uncaging
• disenthralling
• disenthraling
• paroling
• redeeming
• ransoming
• extricating
• disengaging
• bailing (out)
• disentangling
• delivering
• unshackling
• disencumbering
• disembarrassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confining
• restraining
• binding
• fettering
• shackling
• imprisoning
• handcuffing
• enchaining
• committing
• locking (up)
• incarcerating
• subjugating
• conquering
• jailing
• enslaving
• subduing
• interning
• trammelling
• trammeling
• manacling
• immuring

2

as in saving

to set free from entanglement or difficulty

we were liberated from our financial woes when we hit the grand prize in the lottery

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freeing
• saving
• redeeming
• releasing
• rescuing
• extricating
• disengaging
• disentangling
• untangling
• cutting loose
• clearing
• disembarrassing
• delivering
• unburdening
• unraveling
• untying
• disencumbering
• disburdening
• untwining
• untieing
• unsnarling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hindering
• blocking
• entangling
• impeding
• hampering
• obstructing
• weighing
• loading
• embroiling
• burdening
• encumbering