Search Result for "loosen up":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (5)

1. cause to become unblocked;
- Example: "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!"
[syn: unstuff, loosen up]

2. become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner;
- Example: "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"
[syn: relax, loosen up]

3. make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity;
[syn: limber up, warm up, loosen up]

4. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease;
- Example: "He relaxed in the hot tub"
- Example: "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
[syn: relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down]

5. cause to feel relaxed;
- Example: "A hot bath always relaxes me"
[syn: relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

loosen up v 1: cause to become unblocked; "The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!" [syn: unstuff, loosen up] [ant: block, choke up, lug, stuff] 2: become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group" [syn: relax, loosen up] 3: make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity [syn: limber up, warm up, loosen up] 4: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn: relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down] [ant: tense, tense up] 5: cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me" [syn: relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed] [ant: strain, tense, tense up]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "loosen up": amuse, beguile, beguile the time, convulse, delight, divert, drown care, ease off, enliven, entertain, exhilarate, fracture one, have a ball, have fun, kill, kill time, knock dead, laugh it up, live it up, raise a laugh, raise a smile, recreate, refresh, regale, relax, slay, solace, tickle, titillate, unbend, unlax, unwind, wow