relaxed

Meanings

Verb

• become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
  • "He relaxed in the hot tub"
• make less taut
• become loose or looser or less tight
  • "the rope relaxed"
• cause to feel relaxed
• become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
  • "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"
• make less severe or strict
  • "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"
• become less severe or strict
  • "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"
• make less active or fast
• simple past and past participle of relax

Adjective

• without strain or anxiety
  • "gave the impression of being quite relaxed"
  • "a relaxed and informal discussion"

Adj

• Made slack or feeble; weak, soft.
• Made more lenient; less strict; lax.
• Free from tension or anxiety; at ease; leisurely.
• Without physical tension; in a state of equilibrium.
• Of a muscle: soft, not tensed.

Synonyms

airy, at ease, calm, carefree, careless, casual, chill, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, decompress, devil-may-care, easy-breezy, easygoing, equable, equanimitable, equanimous, even-keeled, even-minded, even-tempered, happy-go-lucky, imperturbable, indifferent, insouciant, laid-back, leisurely, level-headed, lighthearted, loose, loosen, loosen up, make relaxed, mellow, nonchalant, pacate, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, phlegmatic, placid, pococurante, quiescent, quiet, relax, relaxed, roolie, sedate, serene, slack, slack up, slacken, slow down, solute, still, tranquil, unanxious, unbend, unbothered, unconcerned, unexcited, unfazed, unflappable, unflustered, unlax, unperturbable, unruffable, unruffled, unstrain, untumultuous, unwind, unworried, wanton

Antonyms

anxious, nervous, stiffen, strain, stressed, tense