Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to relax
Participle: relaxed
Gerund: relaxing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | relax |
| you | relax |
| he;she;it | relaxes |
| we | relax |
| you | relax |
| they | relax |
Perfect
| I | have relaxed |
| you | have relaxed |
| he;she;it | has relaxed |
| we | have relaxed |
| you | have relaxed |
| they | have relaxed |
Past
| I | relaxed |
| you | relaxed |
| he;she;it | relaxed |
| we | relaxed |
| you | relaxed |
| they | relaxed |
Pluperfect
| I | had relaxed |
| you | had relaxed |
| he;she;it | had relaxed |
| we | had relaxed |
| you | had relaxed |
| they | had relaxed |
Future
| I | will relax |
| you | will relax |
| he;she;it | will relax |
| we | will relax |
| you | will relax |
| they | will relax |
Future Perfect
| I | will have relaxed |
| you | will have relaxed |
| he;she;it | will have relaxed |
| we | will have relaxed |
| you | will have relaxed |
| they | will have relaxed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | relax |
| you | relax |
| he;she;it | relax |
| we | relax |
| you | relax |
| they | relax |
Perfect
| I | have relaxed |
| you | have relaxed |
| he;she;it | have relaxed |
| we | have relaxed |
| you | have relaxed |
| they | have relaxed |
Imperfect
| I | relaxed |
| you | relaxed |
| he;she;it | relaxed |
| we | relaxed |
| you | relaxed |
| they | relaxed |
Pluperfect
| I | had relaxed |
| you | had relaxed |
| he;she;it | had relaxed |
| we | had relaxed |
| you | had relaxed |
| they | had relaxed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would relax |
| you | would relax |
| he;she;it | would relax |
| we | would relax |
| you | would relax |
| they | would relax |
Perfect
| I | would have relaxed |
| you | would have relaxed |
| he;she;it | would have relaxed |
| we | would have relaxed |
| you | would have relaxed |
| they | would have relaxed |
Imperative
| you | relax |
| we | Let's relax |
| you | relax |
Verbs conjugated like 'relax'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'relax'
refax,
relay,
retax,
rewax,
belam,
belap,
belay,
delam,
delay,
detax,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- diminish in force or intensity
- abate, alleviate, assuage, decline, ebb, mitigate, subside, temper, wane
- to make less tense
- pacify
- to make something loose
- loosen, slacken, untighten
- slacken
- loosen, recline, repose, rest
- lessen
- diminish, reduce, weaken, abate, enervate, mitigate, enfeeble, remit
- ease
- relent, soften, unbend
Antonyms
- to worry excessively
- chill, take it easy, agonize
- to feel pain
- luxuriate, suffer
- to cause to become more lively and energetic
- benumb, calm down, de-energize, deaden, diminish, hose down, muffle, sedate, stifle, suppress, enliven
- lessen
- increase, intensify, strengthen, heighten
- ease
- uneasiness, turmoil, unrest, effort
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1420, "to make (something) less compact or dense," from O.Fr.
relaxer (14c.), from L.
relaxare "relax, loosen, open," from
re- "back" +
laxare "loosen," from
laxus "loose" (see lax). Of persons, attested from 1837, "to become less formal;" meaning "to become less tense" is recorded from 1935.
Relaxation "relief from work" first recorded 1548.
2. From Middle English relaxen, from Old French relaxer, from Latin relaxāre (“relax, loosen, open”), from re- (“back”) + laxāre (“loosen”), from laxus (“loose, free”). By surface analysis, re- + lax (“open, free, loose”). See: Old French '
relaxer'.
Verbs referencing "relax"
Spanish
relajar, Finnish with old forms
relata, Dutch
relaxen, German, old spelling
relaxen, Indonesian
rileks, English
rilek, Polish
relaksować.
Sample Sentences
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[...] vibrating with speed and terror like a distracted pendulum. But before he had gone very far, he began to reason with himself as to the nature of this frightful appearance; and as he reasoned, he relaxed his speed by gradual degrees; until at last he stopped, and faced about. There was his brother, with the mud upon him glazing in the sun, yet staring out of the very same hole, perfectly amazed at [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the softness of his voice, his tears, fell like dew on the wild, unsettled spirit of the poor woman. A softness gathered over the lurid fires of her eye; she looked down, and Tom could feel the relaxing muscles of her hands, as she said,
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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for at least the first 40 minutes. He was relaxed and enjoying himself.
(The Day Diego Returned to the Azteca)