A glass of wine in the evening helps me to unwind after a busy day.
Source: tatoeba (624044)
Unwind
//ʌnˈwaɪnd//
Synonyms for "unwind" (69 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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Translations
46 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- развивам verb (to wind off)
- развивам се verb (to be or become unwound)
- размотавам verb (to wind off)
Finnish
4 entries- avata verb (to disentangle)
- purkaa verb (to wind off)
- purkautua verb (to be or become unwound)
- rentoutua verb (to relax)
French
4 entries- débobiner verb (to wind off)
- décompresser verb (to relax)
- démêler verb (to disentangle)
- dérouler verb (to wind off)
Galician
1 entries- esparexer verb (to relax)
German
4 entries- abdocken (textil.) verb (to wind off)
- abschalten verb (to relax)
- abspulen verb (to wind off)
- abwickeln verb (to wind off)
Hebrew
1 entries- הִתְפַּרֵק verb (to relax)
Hungarian
2 entries- ellazul verb (to relax)
- legombolyít verb (to wind off)
Italian
1 entries- slegare verb (to disentangle)
Manx
4 entries- neuchass verb (to wind off)
- neuchass verb (to be or become unwound)
- neuhogher verb (to wind off)
- neuhogher verb (to be or become unwound)
Portuguese
3 entries- desembaraçar verb (to disentangle)
- desenrolar verb (to wind off)
- espairecer verb (to relax)
Romanian
4 entries- desfășura verb (to wind off)
- deșira verb (to wind off)
- se destinde verb (to relax)
- se deșira verb (to be or become unwound)
Russian
1 entries- расслабляться verb (to relax)
Spanish
2 entries- desenrollar verb (to wind off)
- relajarse verb (to relax)
Swedish
4 entries- nysta i verb (to disentangle)
- nysta upp verb (to wind off)
- varva ned verb (to relax)
- varva ner verb (to relax)
Turkish
3 entries- gevşemek verb (to relax)
- rahatlamak verb (to relax)
- çözmek verb (to disentangle)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
I need to unwind.
Source: tatoeba (2387776)
Tom finds it hard to unwind after work and has trouble getting to sleep.
Source: tatoeba (3287739)
We cannot unwind integration any more than we can stuff technology back into a box.
Source: tatoeba (5774027)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.