Relax

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To make lax or loose: relax one's grip.
  • v. To make less severe or strict: relax a curfew.
  • v. To reduce in intensity; slacken: relax one's efforts.
  • v. To relieve from tension or strain: The warm bath relaxed me.
  • verb-intransitive. To take one's ease; rest.
  • verb-intransitive. To become lax or loose.
  • verb-intransitive. To become less severe or strict.
  • verb-intransitive. To become less restrained or tense.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To calm down.
  • v. To make something loose.
  • v. To become loose.
  • v. To make something less severe or tense.
  • v. To become less severe or tense.
  • v. To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
  • v. To become more lenient.
  • v. To relieve (something) from stress.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open
  • v. To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort
  • v. Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert.
  • v. To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
  • verb-intransitive. To become lax, weak, or loose.
  • verb-intransitive. To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
  • verb-intransitive. To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend.
  • n. Relaxation.
  • adj. Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To slacken; make more lax or less tense or rigid; loosen; make less close or firm: as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.
  • To make less severe or rigorous; remit or abate in strictness: as, to relax a law or rule.
  • To remit or abate in respect to attention, assiduity, effort, or labor: as, to relax study; to relax exertions or efforts.
  • To relieve from attention or effort; afford a relaxation to; unbend: as, conversation relaxes the mind of the student.
  • To abate; take away.
  • To relieve from constipation; loosen; open: as, medicines relax the bowels.
  • To set loose or free; give up or over.
  • Synonyms To loose, unbrace, weaken, enervate, debilitate.
  • To mitigate, ease.
  • To divert, recreate.
  • To become loose, feeble, or languid.
  • To abate in severity; become more mild or less rigorous.
  • To remit in close attention; unbend.
  • n. Relaxation.
  • Relaxed; loose.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make less taut
  • v. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
  • v. cause to feel relaxed
  • v. make less active or fast
  • v. make less severe or strict
  • v. become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
  • v. become less severe or strict
  • v. become loose or looser or less tight
  • Antonym
    stress    excite   
    Verb Form
    relaxed    relaxes    relaxing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    minify    lessen    decrease    change    modify    alter    do    act    behave    weaken   
    Form
    relaxable   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    mitigate    divert    abate    remit    loosen    ease    slacken    loose    unbend    recreate   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Acts    Jacks    Macs    Max    Sachs    Saxe    acts    antitax    attacks    ax   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts