Synonyms of releasing

releasing

verb

present participle of release

1

as in unleashing

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

the losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in airing

to find emotional release for

tried to find other ways of releasing tension than by chewing her fingernails

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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3

as in freeing

to set free (as from slavery or confinement)

release the prisoners immediately

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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4

as in saving

to set free from entanglement or difficulty

the new governor finally managed to release himself from his rash campaign promise

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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5

as in issuing

to throw or give off

an air freshener that releases a pleasing scent into the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• issuing
• emitting
• casting
• radiating
• expelling
• emanating
• eliminating
• exhaling
• evolving
• shooting
• discharging
• pouring
• irradiating
• venting
• secreting
• giving out
• throwing out
• evacuating
• excreting
• expiring
• ejecting
• spraying
• sending (out)
• exuding
• erupting
• oozing
• spewing
• gushing
• spouting
• squirting
• spurting
• jetting
• outpouring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• absorbing
• inhaling
• taking up
• sucking (up)
• soaking (up)
• sponging

• absorbing
• inhaling
• taking up
• sucking (up)
• soaking (up)
• sponging

6

as in announcing

to make known openly or publicly

the panel of nutritionists released their findings on the safety and effectiveness of various diets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announcing
• publishing
• declaring
• proclaiming
• posting
• disclosing
• promulgating
• advertising
• publicizing
• promoting
• broadcasting
• trumpeting
• heralding
• revealing
• introducing
• running with
• disseminating
• flashing
• blazing
• spreading
• sounding
• blaring
• enunciating
• reporting
• giving out
• placarding
• annunciating
• showing
• featuring
• informing
• blazoning
• beating the drum (for or about)
• notifying
• divulging
• imparting
• crying
• barking
• ringing
• manifesting
• plugging
• billing
• bulletining
• communicating
• puffing
• gazetting
• tolling
• intimating
• billboarding
• calling (off or out)
• blurbing
• advising
• apprising
• knelling
• handing down
• pitching
• kithing
• kything

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• withholding
• concealing
• suppressing
• recalling
• silencing
• revoking
• retracting
• hushing (up)
• recanting

• withholding
• concealing
• suppressing
• recalling
• silencing
• revoking
• retracting
• hushing (up)
• recanting

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7

as in removing

to let go from office, service, or employment

they released the workers who couldn't handle the new technology

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removing
• dismissing
• sacking
• firing
• retiring
• terminating
• discharging
• axing
• bouncing
• canning
• mustering out
• turning off
• sending packing
• cashiering
• laying off
• separating
• pink-slipping
• downsizing
• showing (someone) the door
• excessing
• trimming
• unseating
• kicking out
• furloughing
• throwing out
• drumming (out)
• booting (out)
• chucking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• employing
• retaining
• keeping
• engaging
• hiring
• signing (up or on)
• taking on
• contracting
• rehiring
• reemploying
• recruiting
• re-employing
• subcontracting

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• employing
• retaining
• keeping
• engaging
• hiring
• signing (up or on)
• taking on
• contracting
• rehiring
• reemploying
• recruiting
• re-employing
• subcontracting

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