Antonyms for relax
rɪˈlæksre·lax

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1. relaxverb

   Antonyms:
   stress, excite

2. relaxverb

   Antonyms:
   stress, excite

3. relaxverb

   Antonyms:
   stress, excite

4. relaxverb

   Antonyms:
   excite, stress

5. relaxverb

   Antonyms:
   stress, excite

6. relaxverb

   Antonyms:
   stress, excite

7. relaxverb

   Antonyms:
   excite, stress

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1. relax

   Antonyms:
   exhaust, fag, fatigue, harass, jade, tire, wear out, weary

   Synonyms:
   invigorate, recreate, refresh, relieve, repose, rest, restore

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1. relax

   Antonyms:
   tighten, increase, intensify, stretch, bend, brace, invigorate, redouble, grow, heighten, strengthen

   Synonyms:
   slacken, loosen, remit, abate, mitigate, release, unbend, relent, divert, recreate, rest, enervate, unstring

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1. relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow downverb

   become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

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

   Antonyms:
   tense up, tense, strain

   Synonyms:
   straighten, decompress, slow down, unbend, depressurise, loosen, disentangle, warm up, slacken, depressurize, unlax, unroll, limber up, loosen up, slow, decelerate, unstuff, loose, slack up, wind off, slow up, uncompress, retard, slack, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain

2. relax, unbendverb

   make less taut

   "relax the tension on the rope"

   Antonyms:
   tense, strain, tense up

   Synonyms:
   decompress, loosen, slack, unlax, unwind, loose, loosen up, slacken, unbend, unstrain, make relaxed, straighten, slow down, slack up

3. loosen, relax, looseverb

   become loose or looser or less tight

   "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

   Antonyms:
   tense up, tense, strain

   Synonyms:
   let loose, untie, liberate, decompress, slow down, unbend, unloosen, tease, loosen, undo, loosen up, unlax, tease apart, release, free, loose, slack up, unleash, unloose, slack, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain, slacken

4. relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxedverb

   cause to feel relaxed

   "A hot bath always relaxes me"

   Antonyms:
   strain, tense up, tense

   Synonyms:
   decompress, slow down, unbend, loosen, disentangle, warm up, slacken, unlax, unroll, loosen up, limber up, loose, slack up, wind off, unstuff, slack, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain

5. relax, loosen upverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   tense, strain, tense up

   Synonyms:
   decompress, slow down, unbend, loosen, warm up, slacken, unlax, limber up, loosen up, unstuff, loose, slack up, slack, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain

6. relax, loosenverb

   make less severe or strict

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

   Antonyms:
   tense up, tense, strain

   Synonyms:
   untie, decompress, slow down, unbend, tease, loosen, undo, slacken, unlax, tease apart, loosen up, loose, slack up, slack, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain

7. relax, loosenverb

   become less severe or strict

   "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"

   Antonyms:
   tense up, tense, strain

   Synonyms:
   untie, decompress, slow down, unbend, tease, loosen, undo, slacken, unlax, tease apart, loosen up, loose, slack up, slack, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain

8. slack, slacken, slack up, relaxverb

   make less active or fast

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

   Antonyms:
   tense, tense up, strain

   Synonyms:
   unstrain, decompress, slow down, unbend, slacken, loosen, remit, let up, unlax, slack off, abate, loosen up, slow, loose, slack up, slake, slack, die away, unwind, make relaxed, slow up

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1. relaxverb

   Synonyms:
   loosen, slacken, abate, diminish, mitigate, temper

How to use relax in a sentence?

1. Kristian Calbert:

   [We were] just chilling, enjoying a day of not doing community work, trying to relax at the beach, we saw a drone go up. We didnt think anything of it because everyone has those now. Maybe ten minutes later, we hear, We think police are coming.

2. Luke Yardley:

   It’s a shame because there’s a missed opportunity for sure, i think that anything that you can’t get intoxicated from, and helps you to relax, is probably a good thing.

3. Dun Meng:

   I think this is my best chance because there's only one of them in the car and the doors are unlocked, it was the most difficult decision of my life. I asked Tamerlan before,' Are you going to kill me tonight ?' He told me,' I'm not going to kill you. Just relax, man.'.

4. Barry Mehler:

   If a professor comes in and he’s all high and mighty and using words they don’t understand — that doesn’t help them relax and think.

5. Liu Ligang:

   But China's case is a bit different, if you look at the last six years, firms have leveraged up quite a lot, previously bank loans were at quite high interest rates. If China can relax monetary policy further, firms could have a great incentive to borrow at a lower rate, and use them to pay off high-yield debt. Merely doing so will alleviate firms' financial burdens and also the risk of default.

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