Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun slacking

1 sense of slacking

Sense 1
shirking, slacking, soldiering, goofing off, goldbricking -- (the evasion of work or duty)
       => evasion, escape, dodging -- (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb slack

8 senses of slack

Sense 1
slack -- (avoid responsibilities and work, be idle)
       => fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick -- (avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties")

Sense 2
slack -- (be inattentive to, or neglect; "He slacks his attention")
       => neglect -- (fail to attend to; "he neglects his children")

Sense 3
slack -- (release tension on; "slack the rope")
       => loosen, loose -- (make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope")

Sense 4
slack, slacken, slack up, relax -- (make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now")
       => decrease, lessen, minify -- (make smaller; "He decreased his staff")

Sense 5
slow, slow down, slow up, slack, slacken -- (become slow or slower; "Production slowed")
       => weaken -- (become weaker; "The prisoner's resistance weakened after seven days")

Sense 6
slake, abate, slack -- (make less active or intense)
       => decrease, lessen, minify -- (make smaller; "He decreased his staff")

Sense 7
abate, let up, slack off, slack, die away -- (become less in amount or intensity; "The storm abated"; "The rain let up after a few hours")
       => decrease, diminish, lessen, fall -- (decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper")

Sense 8
slack, slake -- (cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water; "slack lime")
       => hydrate -- (cause to be hydrated; add water or moisture to; "hydrate your skin")