Synonyms of loosing

loosing

verb

present participle of loose

1

as in firing

to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force

the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them

Synonyms & Similar Words

• firing
• shooting
• throwing
• launching
• blasting
• discharging
• hurling
• projecting
• squeezing off
• flinging
• blazing (at)
• tossing
• casting
• heaving
• hurtling
• catapulting
• sniping (at)
• slinging
• pelting
• lobbing
• pitching

2

as in unleashing

to find emotional release for

do not loose your pent-up frustrations on the next person who happens by

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unleashing
• releasing
• giving way (to)
• expressing
• venting
• taking out
• voicing
• acting out
• airing
• stating
• ventilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• controlling
• suppressing
• managing
• repressing
• governing
• handling
• restraining
• checking
• containing
• bottling (up)
• curbing
• constraining
• taming
• holding back
• smothering
• pulling in
• quelling
• inhibiting
• choking
• soothing
• quieting
• swallowing
• allaying
• strangling
• stifling
• repressing
• pocketing
• bridling
• reining (in)
• lulling
• stilling
• muffling

3

as in freeing

to set free (as from slavery or confinement)

the ranchers loosed the horses from their stables and into the paddock

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

4

as in loosening

to set free (from a state of being held in check)

the storm loosed its full fury when it hit the coastline at high tide

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loosening
• unleashing
• releasing
• unlocking
• expressing
• letting go
• unloosing
• freeing
• unloosening
• springing
• uncorking
• airing
• liberating
• emancipating
• enfranchising
• discharging
• unshackling
• unchaining
• unbinding
• unfettering
• manumitting
• unmooring
• taking out
• venting
• uncaging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• controlling
• holding
• containing
• regulating
• restraining
• checking
• inhibiting
• governing
• constraining
• curbing
• taming
• smothering
• reining (in)
• binding
• confining
• handcuffing
• bridling
• hampering
• shackling
• manacling
• trammeling
• fettering
• enchaining
• haltering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of loosing

His pets were accused of the unneighborly habit of loosing themselves upon suburban streets, prompting panicked phone calls and unnecessary police raids. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Florida's 2026 Python Challenge begins today, loosing a wave of Burmese python hunters onto the Everglades. — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 10 July 2026

The ClearBell colony loosing ClearBells like snowflakes into the water. — Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Longreads, 5 Feb. 2026

Co-regulating your emotions alongside your toddler can help achieve a resolution to conflict without raising your voice or loosing your temper. — Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 26 Jan. 2026

Safer, then, to keep loosing arrows at others’ positions rather than one’s own. — Shai Tubali, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025