Synonyms of releasing

releasing

verb

present participle of release

1

as in unleashing

to set free (from a state of being held in check)

the losing player released his anger with a great yell of frustration

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unleashing
• loosening
• unlocking
• expressing
• letting go
• loosing
• uncorking
• airing
• freeing
• unloosing
• springing
• emancipating
• liberating
• unloosening
• discharging
• enfranchising
• unshackling
• manumitting
• unchaining
• venting
• unfettering
• unbinding
• uncaging
• taking out
• unmooring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• containing
• holding
• controlling
• regulating
• checking
• governing
• restraining
• inhibiting
• constraining
• curbing
• smothering
• taming
• reining (in)
• confining
• binding
• handcuffing
• bridling
• shackling
• hampering
• manacling
• trammeling
• fettering
• enchaining
• haltering

2

as in giving way (to)

to find emotional release for

tried to find other ways of releasing tension than by chewing her fingernails

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unleashing
• giving way (to)
• venting
• expressing
• voicing
• airing
• taking out
• acting out
• loosing
• stating
• ventilating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• suppressing
• controlling
• managing
• repressing
• handling
• governing
• containing
• checking
• restraining
• bottling (up)
• constraining
• curbing
• holding back
• smothering
• taming
• quelling
• pulling in
• soothing
• inhibiting
• repressing
• quieting
• swallowing
• allaying
• choking
• strangling
• stifling
• pocketing
• reining (in)
• bridling
• lulling
• stilling
• muffling

3

as in freeing

to set free (as from slavery or confinement)

release the prisoners immediately

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freeing
• liberating
• rescuing
• saving
• loosening
• springing
• emancipating
• loosing
• discharging
• enlarging
• turning loose
• manumitting
• enfranchising
• unbinding
• unchaining
• unfettering
• uncaging
• delivering
• paroling
• disenthralling
• ransoming
• bailing (out)
• redeeming
• extricating
• disengaging
• disentangling
• disencumbering
• unshackling
• disembarrassing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• confining
• restraining
• binding
• fettering
• committing
• shackling
• handcuffing
• imprisoning
• locking (up)
• incarcerating
• jailing
• enchaining
• conquering
• interning
• subjugating
• enslaving
• subduing
• manacling
• trammeling
• immuring

4

as in saving

to set free from entanglement or difficulty

the new governor finally managed to release himself from his rash campaign promise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• freeing
• saving
• liberating
• extricating
• rescuing
• redeeming
• disengaging
• disentangling
• untangling
• clearing
• cutting loose
• delivering
• disembarrassing
• untying
• unburdening
• unraveling
• disencumbering
• disburdening
• untwining
• unsnarling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• blocking
• entangling
• impeding
• hindering
• obstructing
• hampering
• weighing
• loading
• embroiling
• burdening
• encumbering

5

as in casting

to throw or give off

an air freshener that releases a pleasing scent into the room

Synonyms & Similar Words

• casting
• radiating
• emitting
• issuing
• emanating
• expelling
• eliminating
• evolving
• exhaling
• shooting
• discharging
• sending (out)
• pouring
• irradiating
• venting
• giving out
• throwing out
• expiring
• secreting
• evacuating
• excreting
• spraying
• exuding
• erupting
• ejecting
• oozing
• spewing
• gushing
• squirting
• spouting
• jetting
• spurting
• outpouring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• absorbing
• taking up
• inhaling
• sucking (up)
• soaking (up)
• sponging

6

as in announcing

to make known openly or publicly

the panel of nutritionists released their findings on the safety and effectiveness of various diets

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announcing
• publishing
• declaring
• proclaiming
• posting
• disclosing
• promulgating
• advertising
• publicizing
• promoting
• heralding
• trumpeting
• broadcasting
• running with
• revealing
• blazing
• blaring
• flashing
• introducing
• disseminating
• sounding
• enunciating
• giving out
• spreading
• reporting
• annunciating
• beating the drum (for or about)
• showing
• placarding
• blazoning
• featuring
• calling (off or out)
• informing
• crying
• imparting
• notifying
• barking
• ringing
• divulging
• manifesting
• plugging
• puffing
• bulletining
• billing
• gazetting
• communicating
• tolling
• intimating
• billboarding
• blurbing
• apprising
• knelling
• handing down
• advising
• pitching
• kithing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• withholding
• concealing
• suppressing
• silencing
• recalling
• revoking
• retracting
• hushing (up)
• recanting

7

as in removing

to let go from office, service, or employment

they released the workers who couldn't handle the new technology

Synonyms & Similar Words

• removing
• dismissing
• sacking
• firing
• retiring
• terminating
• discharging
• axing
• bouncing
• mustering out
• canning
• turning off
• sending packing
• showing (someone) the door
• pink-slipping
• laying off
• separating
• downsizing
• cashiering
• trimming
• unseating
• kicking out
• drumming (out)
• furloughing
• excessing
• booting (out)
• chucking (out)
• throwing out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• employing
• retaining
• hiring
• engaging
• keeping
• signing (up or on)
• taking on
• contracting
• recruiting
• reemploying
• rehiring
• subcontracting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of releasing

Abnormal Studios, a subsidiary of Westec Media Limited, has been acquiring and releasing films since 2020 across Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Mongolia and Nepal, among other markets. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026

The then-head of the bank also was arrested for allegedly circumventing procedures in releasing the money to the charity. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Microsoft has been releasing its own computers since 2012, and CEO Satya Nadella indicated on Tuesday that the company's position in the market is evolving. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026

Some in the region have asked CBS Colorado to investigate why the agency isn't releasing details on the driver, or their condition, during the initial investigation. — Dillon Thomas, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Police questioned Mountbatten-Windsor for 11 hours before releasing him under investigation, meaning he was neither charged nor exonerated. — Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Engineers can use the aircraft as a reusable first stage, carrying Talon-A to altitude before releasing it for a hypersonic flight. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026

From 1994 onwards, Superchunk’s albums were issued on Merge, and as the band built its reputation on constant touring, the label grew bigger as well, releasing indie classics by Neutral Milk Hotel, Magnetic Fields, and Arcade Fire. — Charles Moss, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2026

Every ton of greenhouse gas that humans can avoid releasing today reduces how much ice Antarctica loses this century, and the benefit – slower and less sea-level rise – lasts for hundreds of years. — Robert Kopp, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026