Nearby Words
released
| Main Entry: |
released
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | freed |
| Synonyms: | discharged, free, let go, liberated, set free |
| Main Entry: | convalescent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | improving, recuperating |
| Synonyms: | ambulatory, discharged, dismissed, gaining strength, getting better, getting over something, getting well, healing, mending, on the mend, past crisis, perked up, rallying, recovering, rejuvenated, rejuvenating, released, restored, strengthening |
| Antonyms: | failing, faltering, regressing, sickly, weak, worsening |
| Main Entry: | exempt |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | freed from responsibility |
| Synonyms: | absolved, beat the rap, clear, cleared, discharged, excepted, excluded, excused, favored, free, immune, let go, let off, liberated, not liable, not responsible, not subject, off the hook, outside, privileged, released, set apart, spared, special, unbound, unchecked, unrestrained, unrestricted, unshackled, void of, walked |
| Antonyms: | accountable, answerable, liable, nonexempt, responsible |
| Main Entry: | loose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not tight; unconstrained |
| Synonyms: | apart, asunder, at large, baggy, clear, detached, disconnected, easy, escaped, flabby, flaccid, floating, free, hanging, insecure, lax, liberated, limp, loosened, movable, not fitting, relaxed, released, separate, slack, slackened, sloppy, unattached, unbolted, unbound, unbuttoned, uncaged, unclasped, unconfined, unconnected, undone, unfastened, unfettered, unhinged, unhooked, unlatched, unlocked, unpinned, unrestrained, unrestricted, unsecured, unshackled, untied, wobbly |
| Notes: | loose means not restrained, fastened, confined or attached, while lose means fail to keep or to maintain or fail to win |
| Antonyms: | constrained, restricted, taut, tight |
| Main Entry: | announced |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made widely known |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, circulated, communicated, declared, declared publicly, disclosed, divulged, issued, made public, publicized, released, reported, revealed, told |
| Antonyms: | hidden, suppressed, unannounced |
| Main Entry: | discharged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dismissed |
| Synonyms: | axed, canned, ejected, expelled, fired, freed, furloughed, laid-off, let go, ousted, recalled, released, replaced, sacked, sent away, sent home |
| Main Entry: | dropped |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | discontinued |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, discarded, discharged, expelled, released |
| Main Entry: | freed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberated |
| Synonyms: | discharged, free, released |
| Main Entry: | pardoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | forgiven |
| Synonyms: | acquitted, discharged, excused, exonerated, freed, freed, let off, manumitted, released, reprieved |
| Antonyms: | accused, condemned, convicted |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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