Word

relax, v.
(relaxed, relaxes, relaxing)
freq. cnt. 26

become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 17

decompress loosen up relax slow down unbend unwind

sample sentences

"He relaxed in the hot tub"
"Let's all relax after a hard day's work"

verb frames

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verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

relaxant relaxation relaxation

antonym

tense

semantic pointers

hypernym

turn, change state

hyponym

vege out, vegetate sit back, take it easy

make less taut
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

relax unbend

sample sentences

"relax the tension on the rope"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

relaxer relaxation

semantic pointers

hypernym

loosen, loose

hyponym

unbrace

become loose or looser or less tight
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3

loose loosen relax

sample sentences

"The noose loosened"
"the rope relaxed"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

relaxation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

loosening loosening

antonym

stiffen

semantic pointers

hypernym

weaken

cause to feel relaxed
<verb.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

loosen up make relaxed relax unlax unstrain unwind

sample sentences

"A hot bath always relaxes me"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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The performance is likely to %s Sue

verb frames

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verb frames

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verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

relaxant relaxant relaxation relaxer

antonym

tense

lexical pointers

antonym

strain

semantic pointers

hypernym

affect

cause

relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down

hyponym

unbend

make less active or fast
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

relax slack slack up slacken

sample sentences

"He slackened his pace as he got tired"
"Don't relax your efforts now"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

slack

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

relaxation

semantic pointers

hypernym

decrease, lessen, minify

become less severe or strict
<verb.social>

loosen relax

sample sentences

"The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

relaxation

semantic pointers

hypernym

change

verb group

relax, loosen

make less severe or strict
<verb.social>

loosen relax

sample sentences

"The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

relaxation

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

verb group

relax, loosen

become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
<verb.social>

loosen up relax

sample sentences

"our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group"

verb frames

Somebody ----s

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

relaxation

semantic pointers

hypernym

act, behave, do