slacken

/slˈækən/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. become slow or slower
   “Production slowed”
2. make less active or fast
   “He slackened his pace as he got tired”
3. become looser or slack
   “the rope slackened”
4. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

Synonyms for slacken

• slow
• slow down
• slow up
• slack
• slack up
• relax
• remit

Words that rhyme with slacken

• blacken
• bracken
• bakken
• chacon
• glacken
• hakon
• machen
• macken
• mccracken
• mccrackin
• mcmackin
• mcmakin