I want a massage. I need to relax.
Source: tatoeba (2091)
Relax
/ɹɪˈlæks/
Synonyms for "relax" (282 found)
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Closest matches (57)
Strong matches (84)
diffusediminishdiscountdisjoindispersedisregarddivertdraw reindrown careeaseease offease upenlivenentertainexhilaratefeel at homefeel easyfluffforbearforgive
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fracturefracture onefreegentleget organizedgivegive quartergive waygranthave a ballhave funhave mercy uponhave pityhold backhold in checkhold upidleimpedekeep backkillkill timekneadknock deadlaugh it uplaxlaxatelessenlet downlet golet uplet up onlift temporarilylimberlimber uplive it uplooseloosenloosen uplose groundlose momentumlose speed
Noun(8 words)
Verb(15 words)
Related words (141)
Verb(30 words)
Noun(12 words)
loungemellowingrecreatingrestingresting capacityslackeningslackssoftening adjectiveunbendingunfetteringunwindingvacationing
makemake allowance formashmassagemellowmeltmildenmitigatemoderatemodifymodulatemollifynapobstructpardonplumpprovide forpulpquiet downraise a laugh
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raise a smilerecreatereducereefrefreshregalereinrein inrelax the conditionreleaserelentrelieveremitreprieverestretardscatterset asideset backsettleshake upsimmer downslackslack offslack upslackenslakeslaysleepslowslow downslow upsmashsober downsoftensoften upsolacesparesquashstand easystaystoopsubduesubmitsuppletake account oftake in sailtake into accounttake into considerationtake it easytake pity ontake with a grain of salttempertenderizethawthrottlethrottle downtickletitillatetone downtune downunbendunbraceunglueunlaxunleashunstickunstrainunstringuntightenunwindwaiveweakenwhile away the timewowyield
Adjective(3 words)
Related word relations
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More general
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
More specific
8 entriesCollocations
12 entriesrelax a bitrelax and breatherelax and enjoyrelax and listenrelax dress coderelax expectationsrelax for nowrelax griprelax musclesrelax rulesrelax tensionrelax your shoulders
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
62 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- اِسْتَرْخَى verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- طْلق verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- هِدي verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
Bulgarian
3 entries- отпускам verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
- разхлабвам verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- смекчавам verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
Catalan
3 entries- afluixar verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- relaxar verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- relaxar verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 放鬆 /放松 verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- 緩和 /缓和 verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
- 緩解 /缓解 verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
- 鬆開 /松开 verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
Czech
1 entries- uvolnit verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
Dutch
2 entries- losmaken verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- ontspannen verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
Finnish
4 entries- höllentää verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
- löyhentää verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
- löysentää verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- löysätä verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
French
1 entries- relâcher verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
Galician
1 entries- relaxar verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
German
4 entries- entspannen verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- entspannen verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
- lockern verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- lockern verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
Ido
1 entries- laxigar verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
Japanese
4 entries- くつろがせる verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- 和らげる verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
- 緊張を解く verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
- 落ち着かせる verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
Latin
1 entries- relaxō verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
Māori
3 entries- whakakorokoro verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- whakangoru verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- whakatangatanga verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
Norwegian
1 entries- slappe av verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
Polish
4 entries- poluzować verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- poluzować verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
- rozluźnić verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- rozluźnić verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
Portuguese
3 entries- afrouxar verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- relaxar verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
- soltar verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
Romanian
4 entries- desface verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- destinde verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- relaxa verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- relaxa verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
Russian
4 entries- осла́бить verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
- ослабля́ть verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
- распуска́ть verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
- распусти́ть verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
Spanish
3 entries- aflojar verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- relajar verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- relajar verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
Thai
1 entries- ผ่อนคลาย verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
Ukrainian
1 entries- послабля́ти verb ((transitive) to make something less severe or tense)
Walloon
3 entries- distinkyî verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- laispi verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
- låtchî verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
Welsh
1 entries- llacio verb ((transitive) to make something loose)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Relax, and above all, don't panic.
Source: tatoeba (20368)
Hopefully you can rest and relax on the flight home.
Source: tatoeba (20445)
Drawing is a lot of fun; it helps me to relax.
Source: tatoeba (22069)
Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.