slacken.
To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
Meaning & usage
To gradually decrease in intensity or tautness; to become slack; to lag.
The pace slackened.
To make slack, less taut, or less intense.
slacken the rope
To deprive of cohesion by combining chemically with water; to slake.
to slacken lime
Where this word comes from
From Middle English slakenen, equivalent to slack + -en.
Try it on your idea.
slacken has 7 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.