unbridles

Removes all restraints

Unbridles means to remove a bridle from a horse, freeing its head from restraint.

The figurative sense dominates: to unbridle something is to release it from constraint or control.

Unbridled emotions, passions, or ambitions run unchecked: His unbridled enthusiasm was contagious.

The verb form is less common than the participle unbridled.

release

unleashes

Releases from restraint

unfetters · loosens · unlocks · detaches · disengages · permits · allows · enables · lets loose · sets free

wildness

untamed

Not domesticated

instinctual · unruly · uncontrolled · raw · uninhibited · unrestrained · savage · anarchic · beastly · rampant

freedom

autonomy

Independent decision-making capacity

emancipation · sovereignty · free-will · agency · liberation · deliverance · latitude · leeway · unshackling · unfettering

passion

ardor

Intense emotional warmth

  • fervorIntense emotional intensity
  • desireIntense wanting
  • lustIntense carnal appetite

intensity · fire · yearning · longing · hunger · craving · enthusiasm · zeal · obsession · rapture

Opposites
restraint/control

unbridlesbridles

Horse steering apparatus

restrains · reins in · checks · curbs · constrains

Family

unbridled, unbridle, unbridling

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G