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.

synoniemen: decompress, loosen up, slow down, unbend, unwind.

Roget 738: be lax etc. adj.; laisser faire [Fr.], laisser aller [Fr.]; hold a loose rein; give the reins to, give rope enough, give a loose to; tolerate; relax; misrule.    go beyond the length of one's tether; have one's swing, have one's fling; act without instructions, act without authority, act outside of one's authority; act on one's own responsibility, usurp authority.    dethrone, depose; abdicate.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 925: be undue etc. adj.; not be due etc. 924.    infringe, encroach, trench on, exact; arrogate, arrogate to oneself; give an inch and take an ell; stretch a point, strain a point; usurp, violate, do violence to.    disfranchise, disentitle, disqualify; invalidate.    relax etc. (be lax) 738; misbehave etc. (vice) 945; misbecome^†.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 914: pity; have pity, show pity, take pity etc. n.; commiserate, compassionate; condole etc. 915; sympathize; feel for, be sorry for, yearn for; weep, melt, thaw, enter into the feelings of.    forbear, relent, relax, give quarter, wipe the tears, parcere subjectis [Lat.], give a coup de gr=ace, put out of one's misery.    raise pity, excite pity etc. n.; touch, soften; melt, melt the heart; propitiate, disarm.    ask for mercy etc. v.; supplicate etc. (request) 765; cry for quarter, beg one's life, kneel; deprecate.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 683: be inactive etc. adj.; do nothing etc. 681; move slowly etc. 275; let the grass grow under one's feet; take one's time, dawdle, drawl, droil^†, lag, hang back, slouch; loll, lollop^†; lounge, poke, loaf, loiter; go to sleep over; sleep at one's post, ne battre que d'une aile [Fr.].    take it easy, take things as they come; lead an easy life, vegetate, swim with the stream, eat the bread of idleness; loll in the lap of luxury, loll in the lap of indolence; waste time, consume time, kill time, lose time; burn daylight, waste the precious hours.    idle away time, trifle away time, fritter away time, fool away time; spend time in, take time in; peddle, piddle; potter, pudder^†, dabble, faddle fribble^†, fiddle-faddle; dally, dilly-dally.    sleep, slumber, be asleep; hibernate; oversleep; sleep like a top, sleep like a log, sleep like a dormouse; sleep soundly, heavily; doze, drowze^†, snooze, nap; take a nap etc. n.; dream; snore one's best; settle to sleep, go to sleep, go off to sleep; doze off, drop off; fall asleep; drop asleep; close the eyes, seal up the eyes, seal up eyelids; weigh down the eyelids; get sleep, nod, yawn; go to bed, turn; get some z's, stack z's [Coll.].    languish, expend itself, flag, hang fire; relax.    render idle etc. adj.; sluggardize^†; mitigate etc. 174.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 324: render soft etc. adj.; soften, mollify, mellow, relax, temper; mash, knead, squash.    bend, yield, relent, relax, give.    plasticize'.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 160: be weak etc. adj.; drop, crumble, give way, totter, tremble, shake, halt, limp, fade, languish, decline, flag, fail, have one leg in the grave.    render weak etc. adj.; weaken, enfeeble, debilitate, shake, deprive of strength, relax, enervate, eviscerate; unbrace, unnerve; cripple, unman etc. (render powerless) 158; cramp, reduce, sprain, strain, blunt the edge of; dilute, impoverish; decimate; extenuate; reduce in strength, reduce the strength of; mettre de l'eau dans son vin [Fr.].    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: ontspannen, relaxen

Make less taut:
— Relax the tension on the rope.

synoniem: unbend.

Become loose or looser or less tight:
— The rope relaxed.

synoniemen: loose, loosen.

Roget 750: liberate, free; set free, set clear, set at liberty; render free, emancipate, release; enfranchise, affranchise^†; manumit; enlarge; disband, discharge, disenthrall, disenthral, dismiss; let go, let loose, loose, let out, let slip; cast adrift, turn adrift; deliver etc. 672; absolve etc. (acquit) 970.    unfetter etc. 751, untie etc. 43; loose etc. (disjoin) 44; loosen, relax; unbolt, unbar, unclose, uncork, unclog, unhand, unbind, unchain, unharness, unleash; disengage, disentangle; clear, extricate, unloose.    gain one's liberty, obtain one's liberty, acquire one's liberty etc. 748; get rid of, get clear of; deliver oneself from; shake off the yoke, slip the collar; break loose, break prison; tear asunder one's bonds, cast off trammels; escape etc. 671.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: ruim

Cause to feel relaxed:
— A hot bath always relaxes me.

synoniemen: loosen up, make relaxed, unlax, unstrain, unwind.

Nederlands: ontspannen

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.

synoniem: loosen up.

Make less severe or strict:
— The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught.

synoniem: loosen.

Become less severe or strict:
— The rules relaxed after the new director arrived.

synoniem: loosen.

Make less active or fast:
— Don't relax your efforts now.

synoniemen: slack, slack up, slacken.

Roget 687: repose; rest, rest and be thankful; take a rest, take one's ease, take it easy.    relax, unbend, slacken; take breath etc. (refresh) 689; rest upon one's oars; pause etc. (cease) 142; stay one's hand.    lie down; recline, recline on a bed of down, recline on an easy chair; go to rest, go to bed, go to sleep etc. 683.    take a holiday, shut up shop; lie fallow etc. (inaction) 681.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 275: move slowly etc. adv.; creep, crawl, lag, slug, drawl, linger, loiter, saunter; plod, trudge, stump along, lumber; trail, drag; dawdle etc. (be inactive) 683; grovel, worm one's way, steal along; job on, rub on, bundle on; toddle, waddle, wabble^†, slug, traipse, slouch, shuffle, halt, hobble, limp, caludicate^†, shamble; flag, falter, trotter, stagger; mince, step short; march in slow time, march in funeral procession; take one's time; hang fire etc. (be late) 133.    retard, relax; slacken, check, moderate, rein in, curb; reef; strike sail, shorten sail, take in sail; put on the drag, apply the brake; clip the wings; reduce the speed; slacken speed, slacken one's pace; lose ground.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 47: make loose etc. adj.; loosen, slacken, relax; unglue etc. 46; detach etc. (disjoin) 44.