Relax synonyms and antonyms
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be at ease
To rest
To rest in death or a grave
tighten (related)
(Economics) To make money harder to borrow or obtain.
(Intransitive, informal) To relax.
To close out (a position in a securities or commodities trade)
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take-one-s-time
(Intransitive, idiomatic) To take more time to do something than is considered acceptable.
To free from restraint, pressure, or strictness:
To cast loose; detach:
relaxing (related)
make-oneself-at-home
To make oneself comfortable as if were in one's own home.
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let-one-s-hair-down
(Idiomatic) To relax and enjoy oneself.
settle back
To rest
To be unproductive; to not perform one's duties.
cause to feel relaxed
cool-off (related)
sit-around
To sit down and not do anything important.
(Nautical) To fasten:
(Music) To reduce (a perfect or a minor interval) by a half step
stop work
To rest
cool-one-s-heels
(Idiomatic) To wait, especially impatiently or restlessly.
leisurely (related)
take-a-break
To have a short rest period in one's work or studies, other activities
lead (or live) the life of Riley
In a slack manner:
To pass (time) without doing anything:
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To open
calm (related)
To relax (the mind) from strain or effort
To put on an air of sentimental tenderness or wistful melancholy
The definition of lessen is to diminish or to cause something to be diminished or reduced.
comfortable (related)
To pass time at leisure; idle.
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rest (related)
(Intransitive, reflexive) To be or to put into a state of rest.
tense (antonym)
To make or become tense.
Divert is defined as to turn aside or distract from one direction to another.
To spend time in idleness
To make alterations to (land) to make it less polluted or more hospitable to wildlife.
(Medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
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To develop in a slow or unexcited way:
restful (related)
wind-down (related)
laid-back (related)
relaxation (related)
sedate (related)
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To reduce the difficulty of (something).
grow (antonym)
To allow (something) to develop or increase by a natural process:
ease up on
To make less rigid
To reduce for some period of time:
Soften is defined as to make more soft or more gentle.
(Idiomatic) Decelerate.
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kick-back (related)
To let the tongue hang from the mouth in this way.
quiet (related)
pamper (related)
decrease (related)
To make (a quantity) smaller.
worry (antonym)
To manage to get (along or through) in the face of trials and difficulties
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agitate (antonym)
To stir up interest and support through speeches and writing so as to produce changes
To think or reflect, especially in a calm and deliberate manner.
sunbathe (related)
To lessen or alleviate something, such as pain or a symptom.
cause to feel relaxed
make less active or fast
To strengthen or toughen a material, especially metal, by heat treatment.
continue (related)
To carry on; persist in:
increase (antonym)
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
To dig, or go digging, for clams
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