Synonyms for lax
lækslax

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1. lax

   Synonyms:
   loose, vague, incoherent, dissolute, licentious, unprincipled, remiss, flabby, slack

   Antonyms:
   concise, coherent, compact, strict, rigid, severe, principled, conscientious, attentive

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1. lax, slackadjective

   lacking in rigor or strictness

   "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"

   Synonyms:
   loose, slack

   Antonyms:
   constricted, constipated, tense, diligent, taut, overstrung, tight

2. laxadjective

   pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

   Synonyms:
   loose, slack

   Antonyms:
   tight, taut, tense, overstrung, constipated, constricted, diligent

3. laxadjective

   lacking in strength or firmness or resilience

   "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake"

   Synonyms:
   loose, slack

   Antonyms:
   diligent, constricted, taut, tense, constipated, overstrung, tight

4. lax, looseadjective

   emptying easily or excessively

   "loose bowels"

   Synonyms:
   idle, promiscuous, informal, easy, wanton, sluttish, escaped, liberal, free, open, loose, unaffixed, on the loose(p), light, slack, at large(p)

   Antonyms:
   taut, tense, overstrung, tight, constipated, constricted, diligent

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1. • Phonetics

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1. laxadjective

   Synonyms:
   loose, slack, relaxed, not tight, not tense

2. laxadjective

   Synonyms:
   soft, flabby, not firm, not solid

3. laxadjective

   Synonyms:
   remiss, latitudinarian, not strict

4. laxadjective

   Synonyms:
   licentious, dissolute

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1. laxadjective

   Synonyms:
   loose, slack, flabby, relaxed, loose, vague, equivocal, doubtful, slack, remiss, negligent, unrestrained, dissolute, licentious

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1. List of paraphrases for "lax":

   latitudinarian, permissive, lenient, loose, negligent, relaxed

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1. Donald Trump:

   Security at the arena, the police were a little bit lax. And he had signs -- they had signs up in that area that were horrendous, that I cannot say what they said on the sign.

2. Mark Bederow:

   Commercial burglaries will be subjected to a lax standard of prosecution, which hopefully will not encourage criminals to descend upon Manhattan to engage in the flash mob burglaries that have all but destroyed business in San Francisco.

3. Donald Trump:

   I would close up our borders, we are lax and we are foolish.

4. Hippocrates:

   it would not be a good impression that even the heads can be lax because of Company’s leniency

5. Kurt Racke:

   I think Europe has the most lax market for medical devices, i don't think so much will change there in principle.