The Meaning of relax

• (n.) To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.
• (n.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors.
• (n.) Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
• (n.) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
• (v. i.) To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.
• (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
• (v. i.) To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
• (n.) Relaxation.
• (a.) Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.

Synonyms

straighten , decompress , slow down , unbend , depressurise , loosen , disentangle , warm up , slacken , depressurize , unlax , unroll , limber up , loosen up , slow , decelerate , unstuff , loose , slack up , wind off , slow up , uncompress , retard , slack , unwind , make relaxed , unstrain , let loose , untie , liberate , unloosen , tease , undo , tease apart , release , free , unleash , unloose , remit , let up , slack off , abate , slake , die away

Antonyms

strain , tense up , tense

Rhymes

acts , ajax , antitax , attacks , ax , axe , backes , backs , bax , blacks , borax , climax , contacts , cracks , dacs , dax , earwax , facts , fairfax , fax , filofax , flax , galax , hacks , halifax , imax , impacts , jaques , knacks , knick-knacks , lacks , lax , lomax , maces , macks , macs , max , mesothorax , metathorax , neoax , overtax , packs , pacs , pacts , parallax , pax , plaques , pretax , racks , rax , sachs , sacks , sacs , saks , sax , saxe , slacks , smacks , snacks , stacks , surtax , syntax , tacks , tax , tracks , wacks , wax , whacks , yax , zacks