unchain

The word “unchain” has 2 syllables: un-chain

It's pronounced as /ʌnˈtʃeɪn/


What is synonym and antonym for unchain?

In the thesaurus, “unchain” has 138 synonyms and 75 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for unchain along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for unchain

  • absolve
  • acquit
  • affranchise
  • alleviate
  • allow to go
  • bail
  • bail one out
  • bail out
  • become unfastened
  • break up
  • buy freedom of
  • buy out
  • cast loose
  • clear
  • come to rescue
  • commute
  • cut loose
  • defend
  • deliver
  • demobilize
  • detach
  • disburden
  • discharge
  • disconnect
  • disembarrass
  • disencumber
  • disengage
  • disentangle
  • disenthral
  • disenthrall
  • disimprison
  • disjoin
  • dismiss
  • dispense
  • drop
  • dump
  • ease
  • ease off
  • emancipate
  • empty
  • enfranchise
  • enlarge
  • exculpate
  • excuse
  • exempt
  • exonerate
  • extricate
  • free
  • free up
  • get off the hook
  • get out from under
  • get out of hock
  • give a break
  • give off
  • give out
  • go easy on
  • issue
  • lax
  • leak
  • let go
  • let loose
  • let off
  • let off steam
  • let off the hook
  • let out
  • let up on
  • liberate
  • lighten
  • loose
  • loosen
  • manumit
  • mitigate
  • obtain release of
  • open up
  • pardon
  • parole
  • pay for release of
  • pay ransom
  • pull out of fire
  • put on the street
  • ransom
  • recover
  • redeem
  • regain
  • relax
  • release
  • relieve
  • reprieve
  • reprise
  • repurchase
  • rescue
  • salvage
  • save
  • separate
  • set at large
  • set free
  • set loose
  • slacken
  • spring
  • surrender
  • take out
  • turn loose
  • turn out
  • unbar
  • unbind
  • unbolt
  • unbuckle
  • unburden
  • unbutton
  • uncage
  • unclasp
  • undo
  • unfasten
  • unfetter
  • unfix
  • unhitch
  • unhook
  • unlace
  • unlash
  • unlatch
  • unleash
  • unload
  • unlock
  • unloose
  • unpack
  • unpin
  • unscrew
  • unshackle
  • unsnap
  • unstick
  • unstrap
  • untie
  • untighten
  • vent
  • wipe the slate clean
  • work free
  • work loose
  • yield

Antonyms for unchain

  • abandon
  • arrest
  • attach
  • bind
  • blame
  • burden
  • button
  • charge
  • collect
  • combine
  • commit
  • compel
  • condemn
  • confine
  • connect
  • conquer
  • convict
  • couple
  • damn
  • detain
  • disregard
  • employ
  • enchain
  • endanger
  • engage
  • enslave
  • fasten
  • fetter
  • fill
  • forfeit
  • gather
  • handcuff
  • harm
  • hire
  • hitch
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hook
  • hurt
  • ignore
  • immure
  • imprison
  • incarcerate
  • increase
  • incriminate
  • injure
  • intern
  • jail
  • join
  • keep
  • leave open
  • limit
  • link
  • load
  • lose
  • maintain
  • make vulnerable
  • manacle
  • prevent
  • punish
  • restrain
  • restrict
  • retain
  • sentence
  • shackle
  • squander
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • suppress
  • throw away
  • tighten
  • trammel
  • unite
  • upset
  • waste

Meanings of unchain

  • verb
    1. To remove chains from; to free; to liberate.

Example Sentences

  • The prisoner was finally able to unchain himself and escape.
  • She was determined to unchain her creativity and explore new ideas.
  • The dog barked excitedly as its owner prepared to unchain it from the post.
  • The knight attempted to unchain the dragon from its prison, hoping to free it.
  • With a single motion, he managed to unchain the bike from the fence.

On this page you'll find 213 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to unchain, such as: abandon, absolve, acquit, affranchise, alleviate, allow to go, arrest.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

lam

  • abscond
  • avoid
  • bail out
  • blow
  • bolt
  • break
  • break free
  • break out
  • breakout
  • bring off
  • bunk
  • burst out
  • circumvent
  • clear out
  • close call
  • close shave
  • cut and run
  • cut loose
  • decamp
  • deliverance
  • depart
  • desert
  • disappear
  • disentangle
  • dodge
  • double
  • duck
  • duck out
  • elope
  • elude
  • emancipate
  • emerge
  • enfranchise
  • escape
  • evade
  • exit
  • extricate
  • flee
  • flight
  • fly
  • fly the coop
  • free
  • get away
  • get away with
  • get off
  • get out
  • getaway
  • give someone the slip
  • go
  • go scot-free
  • jailbreak
  • leave
  • liberate
  • liberation
  • loose
  • loosen
  • lose
  • make a getaway
  • make getaway
  • make off
  • make oneself scarce
  • manumit
  • move
  • near miss
  • pass
  • play hooky
  • pull out
  • quit
  • redeem
  • redemption
  • release
  • rescue
  • rout
  • run
  • run away
  • run off
  • run out on
  • salvation
  • shun
  • skip
  • slip
  • slip away
  • spring
  • steal away
  • take a powder
  • take flight
  • take it on the lam
  • take off
  • take on the lam
  • unbind
  • uncage
  • unchain
  • unfetter
  • vanish
  • walk out
  • work out of
  • wriggle out

take out

  • KO
  • X out
  • abate
  • abjure
  • abnegate
  • abolish
  • abridge
  • abrogate
  • absent oneself
  • absolve
  • abstract
  • accompany
  • acquit
  • act out
  • action
  • air
  • aliment
  • allure
  • alter
  • amputate
  • amuse
  • annihilate
  • annul
  • ask in marriage
  • asphyxiate
  • assassinate
  • associate with
  • attack
  • attend
  • attenuate
  • attract
  • ax
  • back out
  • back up
  • bail out
  • bam
  • bamboozle
  • bash
  • batter
  • bear
  • bear company
  • bear down
  • beat
  • beat down
  • beguile
  • behead
  • belt
  • beseech
  • best
  • bid
  • bilk
  • bite
  • black out
  • blank
  • blast
  • bleed
  • bleep
  • block
  • blot
  • blot out
  • blow
  • blow away
  • blue pencil
  • blunt
  • board
  • boff
  • bog
  • boil down
  • bollix
  • book
  • bootlick
  • bop
  • bounce
  • bow out
  • bread
  • break
  • break up
  • bring
  • bring down
  • bring to naught
  • budge
  • buffet
  • bulldoze
  • bump off
  • bunco
  • burn
  • burst
  • bury
  • bushwhack
  • butcher
  • buy for
  • caboodle
  • call
  • call all bets off
  • call off
  • cancel
  • capsize
  • captivate
  • carry
  • carry away
  • carry off
  • cart off
  • cast loose
  • cast out
  • change
  • chaperon
  • charm
  • chase
  • check out
  • cheer
  • chill
  • chisel
  • chow
  • claim
  • clean up
  • clear
  • clear away
  • clip
  • clip wings
  • clobber
  • come along
  • come by
  • come over
  • comestible
  • commute
  • company
  • compensate
  • compress
  • con
  • condense
  • conduct
  • confine
  • conquer
  • consort
  • consort with
  • contract
  • convoy
  • cookery
  • cooking
  • cool
  • count out
  • counteract
  • counterbalance
  • countervail
  • court
  • cover
  • cozen
  • crack
  • crack up
  • crash
  • cream
  • crib
  • cripple
  • croak
  • cross
  • cross out
  • crowd
  • crush
  • cuisine
  • cull
  • cultivate
  • curry favor
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • cut off
  • cut out
  • damage
  • dash
  • date
  • debilitate
  • decapitate
  • deceive
  • decimate
  • declare null and void
  • decrease
  • deduct
  • deep-six
  • defeat
  • defraud
  • delete
  • deliver
  • delude
  • demolish
  • demount
  • depart
  • depose
  • deracinate
  • destroy
  • detach
  • dethrone
  • detract
  • deuce it
  • devastate
  • devour
  • diddle
  • diet
  • dig out
  • digest
  • dilapidate
  • diminish
  • direct
  • disable
  • disannul
  • disarm
  • discard
  • discharge
  • disconnect
  • discount
  • disenable
  • disengage
  • dislocate
  • dislodge
  • dismantle
  • dismiss
  • dispatch
  • dispense
  • dispense with
  • displace
  • dispose of
  • disqualify
  • disregard
  • disrupt
  • dissociate
  • dissolve
  • disturb
  • divert
  • do
  • do a number on
  • do away with
  • do in
  • doff
  • dog
  • double-cross
  • double-deal
  • down
  • draft
  • drag
  • drag down
  • drain
  • draw
  • draw away
  • draw back
  • draw off
  • draw out
  • drink
  • drive out
  • drop
  • drop by
  • drop in
  • drop out
  • drown
  • drub
  • dupe
  • ease out
  • eat
  • eatable
  • eats
  • efface
  • eject
  • electrocute
  • elicit
  • eliminate
  • emancipate
  • empty
  • encapsulate
  • encounter
  • enervate
  • enfeeble
  • entertain
  • entice
  • entreat
  • eradicate
  • erase
  • escort
  • evacuate
  • evict
  • evince
  • evoke
  • evolve
  • excise
  • exclude
  • exculpate
  • excuse
  • execute
  • exempt
  • exfiltrate
  • exhaust
  • exit
  • exonerate
  • expel
  • express
  • expunge
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extirpate
  • extort
  • extract
  • extricate
  • fall back
  • fare
  • fast food
  • fast talk
  • feast
  • feed
  • fell
  • fill in
  • finagle
  • finish
  • finish off
  • fix up
  • flatten
  • flatter
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fodder
  • follow
  • foodstuff
  • foot the bill
  • force
  • force out
  • forget it
  • foul up
  • founder
  • free
  • front for
  • frustrate
  • fudge
  • gallant
  • garotte
  • gather
  • get
  • get away
  • get lost
  • get off
  • get rid of
  • get to the meat
  • give
  • give back
  • give bum steer
  • give ground
  • give off
  • give out
  • give way
  • go
  • go along
  • go around together
  • go around with
  • go easy on
  • go out with
  • go steady
  • go together
  • go with
  • gobble up
  • goodies
  • gouge
  • grit
  • groceries
  • grovel
  • grub
  • guard
  • guide
  • guillotine
  • gut
  • hamper
  • hamstring
  • handout
  • hang
  • hang around with
  • hang out
  • harm
  • haul
  • heave
  • hide
  • hinder
  • hit
  • hock
  • hog-tie
  • hogtie
  • home cooking
  • hoodwink
  • hose
  • hurt
  • ice
  • ignore
  • immobilize
  • impair
  • importune
  • impose on
  • incapacitate
  • indulge
  • injure
  • invalidate
  • invite
  • isolate
  • issue
  • jerk
  • jerk around
  • junk
  • kayo
  • keep
  • keep aloof
  • keep apart
  • keep company
  • keep company with
  • kibosh
  • kill
  • knife
  • knock down
  • knock off
  • knock out
  • lambaste
  • lame
  • larder
  • launder
  • lay one out
  • lay up
  • lead
  • leak
  • leave
  • leave out
  • let off
  • let off steam
  • let out
  • let up on
  • level
  • liberate
  • limit
  • liquidate
  • look after
  • look up
  • loose
  • loosen
  • louse up
  • lug
  • lynch
  • maim
  • make a date
  • make love to
  • make oneself scarce
  • make overture
  • make time with
  • mangle
  • manumit
  • mar
  • mark out
  • massacre
  • meal
  • meat
  • meet
  • mend
  • menu
  • mess
  • mess up
  • milk
  • mislead
  • misuse
  • move
  • moveable feast
  • mow down
  • murder
  • mutilate
  • muzzle
  • negate
  • neutralize
  • nix
  • nourishment
  • nullify
  • nutriment
  • nutrition
  • obliterate
  • obscure
  • obstruct
  • off
  • offset
  • omit
  • open up
  • oust
  • outplace
  • overcome
  • overpower
  • overthrow
  • overturn
  • overwhelm
  • pabulum
  • paddle
  • pander to
  • paralyze
  • pare
  • part
  • partner
  • paste
  • patch
  • pay addresses to
  • pay court to
  • pay for
  • pelt
  • phase out
  • pick
  • pick up the check
  • pick up the tab
  • pile up
  • pilot
  • pinch hit for
  • pinion
  • plant one
  • play host
  • please
  • pluck
  • pop in
  • pop the question
  • pound
  • praise
  • press
  • propose
  • prostrate
  • protect
  • provide
  • provision
  • prune
  • pull
  • pull back
  • pull out
  • pulverize
  • pummel
  • pump
  • punch
  • purge
  • pursue
  • put an end to
  • put away
  • put back
  • put end to
  • put in a nutshell
  • put in toilet
  • put out
  • put out of action
  • put out of commission
  • quail
  • quash
  • quell
  • quit
  • raise
  • ration
  • ravage
  • raze
  • ream
  • recede
  • receive
  • recoil
  • reconstitute
  • recoup
  • recover
  • redeem
  • redress
  • reduce
  • reestablish
  • refreshment
  • refund
  • regain
  • regale
  • reimburse
  • reinstate
  • reject
  • release
  • relegate
  • remove
  • rend
  • render incapable
  • render null and void
  • renege
  • repay
  • repeal
  • rescind
  • restitute
  • restore
  • restrict
  • retire
  • retreat
  • retrieve
  • ring
  • ring in
  • rip
  • rip off
  • rip out
  • roll over
  • rook
  • root out
  • rope in
  • rout
  • route
  • row
  • rub off
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • rule out
  • run after
  • run aground
  • run along
  • run into
  • sabotage
  • sandbag
  • sanitize
  • sap
  • satisfy
  • scam
  • schlepp
  • scratch
  • scratch out
  • screw
  • screw up
  • scrub
  • scuttle
  • secede
  • seclude oneself
  • see
  • seek
  • seek the hand of
  • separate
  • serenade
  • set aside
  • set at large
  • set free
  • set loose
  • set up
  • shadow
  • shaft
  • shatter
  • shed
  • shellack
  • shepherd
  • shift
  • ship
  • shipwreck
  • shlep along
  • shoot
  • shoot down
  • short
  • show
  • show about
  • show around
  • shrink
  • shuck
  • shut off
  • shut the door on
  • sink
  • siphon
  • skim
  • skin
  • slam
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • slog
  • slop
  • slug
  • smack
  • smash
  • smash up
  • smite
  • smother
  • snack
  • snow
  • snuff
  • sock
  • solicit
  • spark
  • speak to
  • spoil
  • spook
  • spoon
  • sprain
  • spring
  • spring for
  • squash
  • squire
  • stake
  • stamp out
  • stand
  • stand in lieu of
  • state
  • steal
  • steer
  • step around
  • step into shoes of
  • sterilize
  • stick to
  • stiff
  • stop by
  • stop in
  • store
  • strain
  • strand
  • strangle
  • stretch
  • strike
  • strike out
  • string along
  • sub
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • subsistence
  • substitute
  • subvert
  • succeed
  • suck
  • sucker
  • sue
  • summarize
  • supersede
  • supplant
  • supply
  • support
  • surrender
  • sustenance
  • swamp
  • swap places
  • swap places with
  • swat
  • sweetheart
  • swindle
  • switch
  • table
  • tag along
  • tailgate
  • take
  • take a hike
  • take a life
  • take advantage
  • take apart
  • take away
  • take care of
  • take down
  • take for a ride
  • take from
  • take in
  • take leave
  • take off
  • take over
  • take over from
  • take the place of
  • tan
  • tear
  • tear down
  • tear out
  • tear up
  • terminate
  • thrash
  • throw a monkey wrench into
  • throw monkey wrench in
  • throw out
  • thump
  • torpedo
  • total
  • tow
  • trail
  • transfer
  • transport
  • transpose
  • trash
  • trick
  • trim
  • trounce
  • truck
  • tuck
  • tug
  • turn loose
  • turn out
  • twitch
  • two-time
  • unbind
  • unbox
  • unbrace
  • unchain
  • uncouple
  • uncrate
  • undermine
  • undo
  • unfasten
  • unfetter
  • unfit
  • unlade
  • unleash
  • unload
  • unloose
  • unroot
  • unseat
  • unsee
  • unshackle
  • unstrengthen
  • untie
  • uproot
  • use
  • usher
  • usurp
  • vacate
  • vandalize
  • vanquish
  • vaporize
  • vent
  • ventilate
  • veto
  • viand
  • victimize
  • victual
  • visit
  • vitiate
  • vittles
  • voice
  • void
  • waive
  • walk
  • wash out
  • waste
  • wax
  • weaken
  • weed
  • weed out
  • whack
  • wham
  • whelm
  • whomp
  • wine and dine
  • wipe off face of earth
  • wipe off map
  • wipe out
  • wipe the slate clean
  • withdraw
  • withhold
  • woo
  • worst
  • wrack
  • wrack up
  • wreck
  • wrench
  • wring
  • yank
  • yield
  • zap

abscond

  • avoid
  • beat it
  • bolt
  • break
  • break free
  • bring off
  • clear out
  • cut and run
  • decamp
  • depart
  • disappear
  • disentangle
  • dog it
  • duck out
  • elope
  • elude
  • emancipate
  • enfranchise
  • escape
  • evade
  • exit
  • extricate
  • fade
  • flee
  • fly
  • fly the coop
  • free
  • get
  • get out
  • go
  • go AWOL
  • go south
  • hightail
  • jump
  • lam
  • leave
  • liberate
  • loose
  • loosen
  • lose
  • make a break
  • make off
  • make scarce
  • manumit
  • move
  • pull out
  • quit
  • redeem
  • release
  • rescue
  • run away
  • run off
  • scram
  • shun
  • skedaddle
  • skip out
  • slip
  • slip away
  • sneak away
  • split
  • spring
  • steal away
  • take off
  • unbind
  • uncage
  • unchain
  • unfetter
  • vamoose
  • vanish
  • walk out

unbar

unbind


Browse the Thesaurus