SLACKED Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

slacked

verb

past tense of slack

as in loosened

to make less taut the skipper ordered the crew to slack off the sheets on the mainsail

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loosened

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So either Moreno has loosened his grip on the reins, or this was possible all along.

— Jayson Stark, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Meanwhile, Meta’s Facebook and Instagram have rolled back platform-level fact-checking in the United States, X has moved away from traditional fact-checking, and YouTube has loosened its misinformation policies.

— Avi Tuschman, STAT, 13 Aug. 2026

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slacked (off)

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