Lax

Quick meaning: Lax is a noun meaning (now chiefly UK dialectal, Scotland) A salmon.

Meaning

(now chiefly UK dialectal, Scotland) A salmon.

More Meanings

1. Lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
2. Loose; not tight or taut.
3. Lacking care; neglectful, negligent.
4. (mathematics) Describing an associative monoidal functor.
5. (linguistics) (of a vowel) Produced with relatively little constriction of the vocal tract.
6. (archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
7. (slang) lacrosse.

Example Sentences

The rope fell lax.

“I'm not playing lax this term,” Mimah said.

The rules are fairly lax, but you have to know which ones you can bend.

Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions.

Word Forms

• laxes
• laxer
• laxest

Synonyms for lax

Depending on context, synonyms include permissive, lenient, relaxed, clement, easygoing, forbearing.

Antonyms for lax

Common opposites include strict, taut, tight, tense.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sagging, drooping, droopy, floppy, flaccid, limp.

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