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Antonyms for ease off
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : eez |
Phonetic Transcription : iz |
- accelerate
- activate
- advance
- aggravate
- agitate
- aid
- allow
- appear
- arrive
- ascend
- assist
- attach
- be active
- be born
- bear
- begin
- bind
- brighten
- build
- button
- carry out
- combine
- commence
- confine
- connect
- continue
- couple
- detain
- develop
- do
- egg on
- encourage
- energize
- engage
- enhance
- enlarge
- excite
- expand
- expedite
- extend
- facilitate
- fasten
- flourish
- flow
- forge
- forward
- free
- further
- go up
- grow
- help
- hitch
- hold
- hook
- imprison
- improve
- incarcerate
- incite
- increase
- intensify
- irritate
- join
- keep
- lengthen
- let go
- liberate
- limit
- link
- live
- magnify
- move
- permit
- prepare
- prolong
- provoke
- push
- raise
- reach
- ready
- release
- restrain
- restrict
- rise
- stand
- start
- stiffen
- strengthen
- tangle
- tense
- tighten
- trouble
- turn over
- twist
- unite
- unleash
- upset
- walk
- win
- wind
- worry
Definition of ease off
Origin :- c.1300, "to help, assist," see ease (n.). Meaning "to give ease" is from mid-14c.; the sense of "to relax one's efforts" is from 1863. Farmer reports ease in a slang sense of "to content a woman" sexually, with an 1861 date. Related: Eased; easing.
- As in let up : verb pause
- As in loose/loosen : verb set free; unbind
- As in moderate : verb restrain, control
- As in relax : verb be or feel at ease
- As in relax : verb diminish, lessen
- As in relent : verb die down; let up
- As in rest : verb be calm; sleep
- As in slack/slacken : verb do little or nothing; loosen
- As in slow : verb delay, restrict
- As in subside : verb die down; decrease
- As in unwind : verb relax
- As in wane : verb diminish, lessen
- As in : verb take a short break
- As in loosen : verb unbind
- As in die : verb wither, dwindle
- As in ebb : verb subside; decline
Synonyms for ease off
- abate
- acquiesce
- allay
- alleviate
- anchor it
- appease
- assuage
- atrophy
- back-water
- bate
- be at ease
- be comfortable
- be merciful
- become unfastened
- bog down
- brake
- break down
- break up
- breathe
- breathe easy
- calm
- calm down
- capitulate
- cave in
- cease
- change one's mind
- chasten
- check
- choke
- collapse
- collect oneself
- come around
- comply
- compose oneself
- constrain
- cool
- cool it
- cool off
- cool out
- crumble
- cry uncle
- curb
- curtail
- cut back
- cut down
- de-escalate
- decay
- decelerate
- decline
- decrease
- degenerate
- deliver
- descend
- detach
- detain
- deteriorate
- die away
- die down
- die out
- dilapidate
- dim
- diminish
- disappear
- discharge
- disconnect
- disengage
- disenthrall
- disjoin
- dodge
- doze
- draw to a close
- dream
- droop
- drop
- drop off
- drowse
- dwindle
- ease
- ease off
- ease up
- ease up on
- ebb
- emancipate
- embog
- end
- expire
- extricate
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fail
- fall
- fall away
- fall back
- fall short
- featherbed
- feel at home
- fizzle out
- flag
- flow back
- fold
- forbear
- free
- give in
- give quarter
- give some slack
- give up
- give way
- go along with
- go bad
- go downhill
- go easy on
- go out
- goldbrick
- goof off
- halt
- handicap
- hang loose
- have mercy
- have pity
- hinder
- hit the brakes
- hold back
- hold up
- idle
- impede
- keep waiting
- knock off
- lag
- languish
- lapse
- lax
- lay back
- laze
- lean
- lessen
- let down
- let down flaps
- let go
- let it happen
- let oneself go
- let out
- let up
- level off
- liberate
- lie by
- lie down
- lie down on job
- lie still
- lighten up
- loaf
- loiter
- loll
- loose
- loosen
- loosen up
- lose power
- lose speed
- lose steam
- lounge
- lower
- lull
- make oneself at home
- manumit
- meet halfway
- mellow out
- melt
- melt away
- mire
- mitigate
- moderate
- modify
- modulate
- molder
- mollify
- nap
- neglect
- nod
- pacify
- pass
- peter out
- play down
- postpone
- procrastinate
- put feet up
- put one's feet up
- qualify
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- quit
- rankle
- recede
- recline
- recuperate
- reduce
- reduce speed
- reef
- refresh oneself
- regulate
- rein in
- relax
- release
- relent
- relieve
- remit
- repose
- repress
- rest
- retard
- retardate
- retire
- retreat
- retrocede
- retrograde
- rot
- run down
- run low
- run out
- say uncle
- separate
- set back
- settle
- settle back
- shirk
- show mercy
- shrink
- simmer down
- sink
- sit around
- sit back
- sit down
- slack
- slack off
- slacken
- slow
- slow down
- slumber
- snooze
- soft-pedal
- soften
- spell
- stall
- stop
- stop for a breath
- stop work
- stretch out
- stunt
- subdue
- subside
- take a break
- take a breather
- take a nap
- take five
- take it easy
- take life easy
- take one's time
- take ten
- take time out
- tame
- taper
- taper off
- temper
- tire
- tone down
- tranquilize
- unbar
- unbend
- unbolt
- unbuckle
- unbutton
- unchain
- unclasp
- undo
- unfasten
- unfix
- unhitch
- unhook
- unlace
- unlash
- unlatch
- unlax
- unleash
- unlock
- unloose
- unpin
- unscrew
- unsnap
- unstick
- unstrap
- untie
- untighten
- unwind
- vanish
- wane
- waste away
- weaken
- wear away
- wilt
- wind down
- withdraw
- wither
- work free
- work loose
- yield
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