Relax

Quick meaning: Relax is a verb meaning (transitive) To make something loose.

Meaning

(transitive) To make something loose.

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To become loose.
2. (transitive) To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
3. (intransitive) To rest and become relieved of stress.
4. (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
5. (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
6. (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
7. (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.

Example Sentences

to relax discipline

to relax a rope or cord

Amusement relaxes the mind.

I relax in the living room.

Word Forms

• relaxes
• relaxing
• relaxed

Synonyms for relax

Depending on context, synonyms include expand, chill out, unwind, loose, decompress, unlax.

Antonyms for relax

Common opposites include stress, excite, strain, tense, stiffen, innings.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unlax, slow down, unstrain, unbend, loosen, loose.

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