Synonyms of unlocking

unlocking

verb

present participle of unlock

as in unleashing

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

that last insult unlocked her tongue, and she finally said what she really thought

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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