relax
To make something loose.
Example
“to relax a rope or cord”
Other meanings
To become loose.
To relieve (someone or someone's mind) of stress; to enable to rest; to calm down.
“Amusement relaxes the mind.”
Synonyms
- slow down
Antonyms
- stress
- excite
Related words
- chillax
- prerelax
- relaxacon
- relaxase
- relaxative
- relaxin
- relaxion
- relaxographic
- relaxography
- relaxometry
- relaxosome
- unlax
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "relaxāre" (relax, loosen, open).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “relax” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.