KICKED BACK Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

kicked back

verb

past tense of kick back

as in relaxed

to refrain from labor or exertion I plan to spend the day kicking back and watching television

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as in hacked (around)

to spend time doing nothing a good resort for people who want to kick back and watch others exercise strenuously

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Recent Examples of kicked back Under current rules, decisions from either the City Council or Planning Department can get kicked back and forth indefinitely. — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 In one such report, a single tear-gas cannister kicked back was recorded as forty-four assaults. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 When something’s off (like a misplaced comma or wrong code), the claim gets kicked back, and either the patient or the doctor eats the cost. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 22 July 2026 My mom kicked back in comfort with a good book. — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026 Wash the Floor the Right Way Porch floors collect fine dust that gets kicked back into the air every time someone walks across them. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026 Wash the Floor the Right Way Porch floors collect fine dust that gets kicked back into the air if you only dry sweep. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Apr. 2026 Some bills got kicked back out. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Studies have shown how lead particles that fell to the ground were kicked back up into the air again where people could inhale them, along with other contaminants. — Armin Sorooshian, The Conversation, 16 Mar. 2026

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In a picture shared in the post taken on Fall Picture Day, Cagle said Burfield had relaxed smile and a sense of ease.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
With so much shadow taking center stage, her lips were relaxed and dressed in her signature brown and nude combo.

— Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of relaxed

Verb

Since then, he’s kicked around with HAIM while turning one third of its Los Angelino triumvirate, Alana Haim, into a screen actress.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026
Every single night, through that winter, spring and summer, Caldwell and Rothstein kicked around potential game situations and ideas for how to approach them.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of kicked around

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Century-makers in the last game — captain Temba Bavuma and David Miller — were rested and Tony de Zorzi and Ryan Rickelton brought back.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
Rocky folded his arms on top of the piano and rested his head on them and looked at Nell Fisher sideways.

— Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of rested

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Those emotions certainly were appropriate following Miami’s closer-than-expected 15-10 loss in Minnesota on Sunday, a game in which the defense played valiantly and Ollie Gordon reached the 100-yard mark.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
The reporting on such matters is well-established, in the stories of Wall Street Journal journalist Jeff Horwitz (played here by Jeremy Allen White) and many others.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of played

Verb

I'mPhaedra Trethan, bummed out to hear one of my favorite baseball announcers has been let go in a round of ESPN layoffs.

— Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 21 July 2026
Officer Rory lets Greg go, but the combination of the walk and thinking about his daughter’s predicament has bummed him out.

— Erin Qualey, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026

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Garnett works her way around the room, dancing and spritzing chilled rose water on participants’ sweaty faces.

— Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Superconducting quantum computers only work when chilled to a hair above absolute zero, requiring the whole machine to sit inside an ultra-cold refrigerator called a cryostat, where space is tight and cooling is expensive.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of chilled

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The Brampton Assembly Plant, which was previously slated to build the Jeep Compass before Stellantis moved the product out of Canada in 2025 to avoid tariffs, has been idled since 2023.

— Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Across the city and the country, declining attendance has idled many religious buildings, often leading to conversions.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

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