Slack

What do we mean by slack?

Not tense or taut; loose: synonym: loose. adjective

Lacking in activity; not busy. adjective

Moving slowly; sluggish. adjective

Lacking in diligence or due care or concern; negligent: synonym: negligent. adjective

Flowing or blowing with little speed. adjective

Pronounced with the muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed; lax. adjective

To make looser or less taut. intransitive verb

To make slower. intransitive verb

To be careless or remiss in doing. intransitive verb

To slake (lime). intransitive verb

To be or become slack. intransitive verb

To be inactive or avoid work. intransitive verb

A loose part, as of a rope or sail. noun

A period of little activity; a lull. noun

A cessation of movement in a current of air or water. noun

An area of still water. noun

Unused capacity. noun

The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.

Words that are spelled similarly to slack:
slack, black, stack, lack, sack, slick, smack, shack, snack, flack, clack, alack, plack, slank, slac, slock, slask, slark, spack, slak, swack, glack, klack.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word slack:
beamer, maui, hawaiian, reins, rope, constraint, mma, tide, variables, key, brake, ella, stiff, sonny, constraints, guitar, tension, potter, variable, wire, grammy, voiced, hawaii, load, resource, zero, bus, alice, chain, masters, coal, belt, stops, gear, picked, water.

Words that rhyme with slack:
back, black, track, hack, pack, jack, attack, crack, rack, stack, lack, feedback, tack, plaque, sack, sac, smack, flak, knack, mac, setback, shack, snack, whack, wrack, lac, tarmac, aback, yak, piggyback, drawback, tac, wack, ransack, maniac, anorak, almanac, flack, pac, lilac, zodiac, hijack, quack, megalomaniac, kickback, throwback, cognac, cardiac, paque, ack, kodak, flashback, backtrack, backpack, clack, fallback, fac, comeback, blackjack, rucksack, sidetrack, outback, cadillac, nymphomaniac, payback, mack, skipjack, push back, hold back, lumberjack, flapjack, knickknack, wisecrack, pak, claque, knapsack, unpack, chirac, counterattack, quarterback, rollback, frack, jacques, dak, greenback, insomniac, humpback, razorback, pontiac, yack, thwack, cutback, amnesiac, brack, eniac, hatchback, bushwhack, plack, soundtrack, racetrack.

Adjectives that are often used to describe slack:
little, organizational, much, enough, total, more, economic, sufficient, free, considerable, negative, financial, positive, budgetary, managerial, available, organisational, extra, less, excessive, excess, least, minimum, additional, low, fine, water, bituminous, maximum, necessary, substantial, seasonal, event, fiscal, adequate, initial, ample, davenport, slight, sudden, unabsorbed, temporary, agricultural, leash, persistent, zero, dynamic, emotional, wet, smallest, washed, administrative, file, insufficient, hatch, hang, empirical, pretty, dual, cyclical, unnecessary, coal, absorbed.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective slack:
water, season, time, variables, periods, times, seasons, line, period, resources, demand, variable, rope, side, tide, coal, hand, mouth, work, wire, months, space, jaw, wax, hours, market, capacity, skin, rein, bus, lips, business, trade, face, cable, body, discipline, suit, markets, adjuster, cooperage, muscles, reins, economy, length, chain, barrels, navigation, waters, string, hands, employment, jaws, moments, vectors, adjusters, lime, flesh, fingers, tension, strings, oven, loop, belt, sail, syllables, hour, suits, tides, jawed, ropes, habits, cord, month, current, attendance, fire, folds, vector.

Consonant match to slack:
sleek, slick, slake, sloke, slock.

Words that sound like slack:
slack, slac, slick, sleek, slag, slake, slik, slic, slock, slak, slyke, sloke, slok, sluk, sloc, sack, slug, slacker, sac, slacks, slog, sak, slacked, saq, slank, sacque, slc, slig, slk, sleg, slask, siac, siak, sacc, slatch, swac, soac, sakk, ssac, alac, ilac, elac, sick, seek, sake, sec, sag, sic, psych, sike, seak, sik, sikh, sek, salk, seck, selleck, seque, psyc, sauk, cech, seq, sely, cic, cely, seaq, sellick, cyc, silique, seiche, saik, seec, siek, sea hawk, sicc, sech, sihk, saek, seke, salic, sealock, serac, salak, sieck, saac, c.c, siq, fslic, seik, secc, cyke, sea hag, psych-, ciq, saak, seac, scac, salach, salique, silic.