Thesaurus
release
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of RELEASE
1
to set free (from a state of being held in check) <the losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration>
Related Words discharge, emancipate, enfranchise, free, liberate, manumit, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter, unmoor, unshackle; air, express, take out, vent
Phrases let go
2
to find emotional release for <tried to find other ways of releasing tension than by chewing her fingernails>
3
to set free (as from slavery or confinement) <release the prisoners immediately>
Synonyms discharge, disenthrall (also disenthral), emancipate, enfranchise, enlarge, liberate, loose, loosen, manumit, release, spring, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter
Related Words bail (out), deliver, parole, ransom, redeem, rescue, save; adrift, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, extricate; unshackle
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to throw or give off <an air freshener that releases a pleasing scent into the room>
Synonyms cast, discharge, emanate, evolve, exhale, expel, expire [archaic], give out, irradiate, issue, radiate, release, send (out), shoot, throw out, vent
6
to make known openly or publicly <the panel of nutritionists released their findings on the safety and effectiveness of various diets>
Synonyms advertise, annunciate, blare, blaze, blazon, broadcast, declare, enunciate, flash, give out, herald, placard, post, proclaim, promulgate, publicize, publish, release, sound, trumpet
Related Words bark, call (off or out), cry; bill, billboard, bulletin, gazette [chiefly British]; knell, ring, toll; blurb, feature, pitch, plug, promote, puff; disseminate, spread; disclose, divulge, introduce, kithe [chiefly Scottish], manifest, report, reveal, show; advise, apprise, hand down, inform, notify; communicate, impart, intimate
7
to let go from office, service, or employment <they released the workers who couldn't handle the new technology>
Synonyms ax (or axe), bounce, can, cashier, discharge, fire, muster out, pink-slip, release, remove, retire, sack, terminate, turn off
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