/ Thesaurus / L Synonyms of loosened Find synonyms for: Verb1. loosen, loose, change, alter, modifyusage: make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"2. relax, loosen, change, alter, modifyusage: make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"3. relax, loosen, changeusage: become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"4. tease, tease apart, loosen, disentangle, unsnarl, straighten outusage: disentangle and raise the fibers of; "tease wool"5. untie, undo, loosen, change, alter, modifyusage: cause to become loose; "undo the shoelace"; "untie the knot"; "loosen the necktie"6. loosen, change, alter, modifyusage: make less dense; "loosen the soil"7. loosen, relax, loose, weakenusage: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"Adjective1. disentangled, loosened, unsnarled, untangled (vs. tangled)usage: straightened outWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: tenacious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language