unlock
Release the latch
To unlock is to open something secured by a lock, typically with a key or combination: She unlocked the front door.
The word extends to anything that releases or makes accessible: unlock a phone, unlock a mystery, unlock someone's potential.
In gaming, to unlock is to gain access to previously unavailable content through achievement or purchase.
Authentication string
- keypadButton array for input
- loginAuthentication act or screen
- credentialsEvidence of qualification or identity
- authenticateConfirm as genuine
biometrics · fingerprint · PIN · keycard · passcode · verification · authorization · two-factor
Lock-opening device
- latchDoor-securing catch
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- deadboltKey-operated door lock
- tumblerFlat-bottomed drinking vessel
combination · turn · click · cylinder · keyhole · lockpick · disengage · unfasten
Challenge testing ingenuity
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- secretConcealed information
- codeSymbolic communication system
- cipherHidden writing system
riddle · clue · decode · decipher · crack · solve · answer · key
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- unshackleRemove bonds from
- releaseTo let go
- freeWithout payment or restriction
unbind · unfetter · escape · breakthrough · independence · autonomy · self-determination · unchain
To release from restraint
- discoverFind something unknown
- realizeBecome aware of
- awakenRouse from slumber
- activateCause to function
develop · harness · cultivate · reveal · uncover · maximize · actualize · enable
password
Authentication string
- keypadButton array for input
- loginAuthentication act or screen
- credentialsEvidence of qualification or identity
authenticate · biometrics · fingerprint · PIN · keycard · passcode · verification · authorization · two-factor · decrypt
key
Lock-opening device
tumbler · combination · turn · click · cylinder · keyhole · lockpick · disengage · unfasten · unlatch
puzzle
Challenge testing ingenuity
cipher · riddle · clue · decode · decipher · crack · solve · answer · key · reveal
liberation
Release from constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- unshackleRemove bonds from
- releaseTo let go
free · unbind · unfetter · escape · breakthrough · independence · autonomy · self-determination · unchain · loose
unleash
To release from restraint
activate · develop · harness · cultivate · reveal · uncover · maximize · actualize · enable · empower
achievement
Accomplished goal or deed
upgrade · bonus · collectible · reward · progression · DLC · skin · weapon · ability · secret
- smartphonesSamsung, smartphone, cellphone, Google, mobile phone
- accessaccess, authorization, credentials, exclusive access, insider access
- authenticationpassword, login, logout, fingerprint, ID
- buzzwordssynergy, leverage, paradigm, stakeholder, scalable
- opening actionsopen, opening, unlatch, unlatching, unbolt
- toggleson, off, enable, disable, activate
- unlocked door
- unlocked phoneDevice without carrier binding
- swipe to unlock
- achievement unlockedGaming term for accomplishment
- unlock phone
- face unlockIdentity verification via appearance