slack

slack is a 5-letter English word with 27 senses as noun, adverb, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Small coal; also, coal dust; culm. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 27 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Small coal; also, coal dust; culm.
2. noun. A valley, or small, shallow dell.
3. superlative. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended; as, a slack rope.
4. superlative. Weak; not holding fast; as, a slack hand.
5. superlative. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager; as, slack in duty or service.
6. superlative. Not violent, rapid, or pressing; slow; moderate; easy; as, business is slack.
7. adverb. Slackly; as, slack dried hops.
8. noun. The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it; as, the slack of a rope or of a sail.
9. adjective. Alt. of Slacken
10. transitive verb. Alt. of Slacken
11. noun. a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely

    "he took up the slack"

12. noun. the quality of being loose (not taut)

    "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"

    Synonyms: slackness

13. noun. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot

    Synonyms: mire, morass, quag, quagmire

14. noun. a stretch of water without current or movement

    "suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless"

15. noun. a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality

    "the team went into a slump"

    "a gradual slack in output"

    Synonyms: falloff, slump

16. noun. dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
17. verb. cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water

    "slack lime"

    Synonyms: slake

18. verb. become less in amount or intensity

    "The storm abated"

    "The rain let up after a few hours"

    Synonyms: abate

19. verb. make less active or intense

    Synonyms: abate, slake

20. verb. become slow or slower

    "Production slowed"

    Synonyms: slacken, slow

21. verb. make less active or fast

    "He slackened his pace as he got tired"

    "Don't relax your efforts now"

    Synonyms: relax, slacken

22. verb. release tension on

    "slack the rope"

23. verb. be inattentive to, or neglect

    "He slacks his attention"

24. verb. avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
25. adjective. lacking in rigor or strictness

    "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"

    "lax in attending classes"

    Synonyms: lax

26. adjective. flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide

    "slack water"

27. adjective. not tense or taut

    "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"

    "slack and wrinkled skin"

    Synonyms: loose

Synonyms

slackness, mire, morass, quag, quagmire, falloff, slump, slake, abate, slacken, slow, relax, lax, loose

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in slack:

calks, lacks

Common word forms

slacks, slacked, slacken, slacker, slackly, slackest, slacking, slackness

Words from these letters

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