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slacking

verb , present participle of slack

Synonyms and Antonyms of slacking

to make less taut

the skipper ordered the crew to slack off the sheets on the mainsail

Synonyms of slacking

easing, loosening, relaxing, slackening

Words Related to slacking

detaching, freeing, unbinding, undoing, unfastening, untying (or untieing)

Near Antonyms of slacking

attaching, binding, fastening, tying (or tieing)

constraining, restraining

Antonyms of slacking

straining, stretching, tensing, tensioning, tightening

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