Relaxing — synonyms, relaxing antonyms, definition

1. relaxing (Adjective)

reposeful restful

relaxing (Adjective) — Affording physical or mental rest. ex. "she spent a relaxing night at home"

2. relaxing (Verb)

decompressing loosening loosening up loosing making relaxed slackening slacking slacking up slowing down unbending unlaxing unstraining unwinding tensing

relaxing (Verb) — Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease. ex. "He relaxed in the hot tub" ex. "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"

relaxing (Verb) — Make less taut. ex. "relax the tension on the rope"

relaxing (Verb) — Become loose, looser or less tight. ex. "the rope relaxed"

relaxing (Verb) — Cause to feel relaxed. ex. "A hot bath always relaxes me"

relaxing (Verb) — Become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner. ex. "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"

relaxing (Verb) — Make less severe or strict. ex. "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"

relaxing (Verb) — Become less severe or strict. ex. "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"

relaxing (Verb) — Make less active or fast. ex. "Don't relax your efforts now"

acting affecting altering behaving changing changing state decreasing doing lessening loosening loosing minifying modifying turning weakening sitting back taking it easy unbending unbracing vegetating vegging vegging out