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| Main Entry: | relax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or feel at ease |
| Synonyms: | breathe easy, calm, calm down*, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool off, ease off, feel at home, hang loose, knock off*, laze, let oneself go, lie down, loosen up, make oneself at home, put one's feet up, recline, repose, rest, settle back, simmer down*, sit around, sit back, soften, stop work, take a break, take a breather, take it easy, take one's time, take ten, take time out, tranquilize, unbend, unlax, unwind |
| Antonyms: | agitate, excite, tense, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, lessen |
| Synonyms: | abate, ease, ebb, lax, let up, loose, loosen, lower, mitigate, moderate, modify, modulate, reduce, relieve, remit, slack, slacken, slow, weaken, ease off, lose speed, slow down, untighten |
| Antonyms: | grow, increase |
| Main Entry: | calm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make composed, quiet |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, balm, compose, cool, hush, lull, mitigate, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, relax, relieve, sedate, settle, soft-pedal*, soothe, steady, still, stroke, tranquilize, becalm, cool it, cool out, lay back, quieten, simmer down, take it easy, take the edge off |
| Antonyms: | agitate, anger, disquiet, distract, excite, inflame, irritate, outrage, rouse, ruffle, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | debilitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incapacitate |
| Synonyms: | attenuate, blunt, cripple, devitalize, disable, enervate, enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, harm, hurt, injure, mar, prostrate, relax, sap, spoil, undermine, weaken, wear out, unbrace, unstrengthen |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, cure, energize, help, invigorate, mend, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | drug |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put under influence of medication |
| Synonyms: | benumb, blunt, deaden, desensitize, dope*, dose, fix, hit, knock out*, numb, poison, relax, sedate, stupefy, treat, analgize, anesthetize, dope up, dose up, medicate, narcotize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loaf |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be idle, lazy |
| Synonyms: | bum*, dally, dillydally*, dream, drift, evade, fool around*, idle, kill time*, let down, lie, loiter, loll, lounge, malinger, relax, saunter, shirk, slack, stall, stroll, trifle, vegetate, waste time, be inactive, be indolent, be slothful, be unoccupied, bum around, fritter away, goldbrick, hang out*, knock around, laze, lounge around, not lift a finger, pass time, piddle, sit around, slow down, stand around, take it easy, twiddle thumbs, while away hours |
| Antonyms: | achieve, do, energize, labor, work hard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | loll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay sprawled |
| Synonyms: | bum, dangle, dawdle, droop, drop, flap, flop, goof off, hang, idle, lean, loaf, loiter, lounge, recline, relax, rest, sag, slouch, slump, sprawl, hang loose, laze |
| Antonyms: | sit up straight |
| Main Entry: | loose/loosen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set free; unbind |
| Synonyms: | alleviate, break up, deliver, detach, discharge, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, ease, emancipate, extricate, free, liberate, mitigate, relax, release, separate, slacken, unbuckle, unbutton, undo, unfasten, unhitch, unleash, unlock, untie, become unfastened, disenthrall, ease off, let go, let out, manumit, unbar, unbolt, unchain, unclasp, unfix, unhook, unlace, unlash, unlatch, unloose, unpin, unscrew, unsnap, unstick, unstrap, untighten, work free, work loose |
| Antonyms: | bind, limit, restrict, tighten |
| Main Entry: | lounge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie about, waste time |
| Synonyms: | bum*, dawdle, goof off*, idle, kill time*, loaf, loiter, loll*, recline, relax, repose, saunter, sprawl, fritter away, goldbrick, laze, pass time, take it easy |
| Antonyms: | do, hustle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a short, light sleep |
| Synonyms: | catch forty winks, catnap, doze, drop off*, drowse, get some shut-eye, grab some z's, nod, nod off, rack*, relax, rest, sleep, snooze, take a siesta, take a snooze |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quiet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make silent, calm |
| Synonyms: | allay, ameliorate, appease, assuage, becalm, button one's lip, calm down, can it, choke, clam up, compose, console, cool it, cool out, dummy up, fix up, gag, gratify, hold it down, hush, ice*, inactivate, lull, moderate, mollify, muffle, muzzle, pacify, palliate, patch things up, please, quieten, reconcile, relax, satisfy, settle, shush, shut up, silence, slack, smooth, soft-pedal*, soften, soothe, square, squash, squelch, still, stroke, subdue, take the bite out of, tranquilize |
| Notes: | quiet (noun) is the absence of sound - (verb) to make calm, still, or quiet - (adjective) free of noise or uproar or making little if any sound; quite means to the greatest extent or actually, really, or truly |
| Antonyms: | turn up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | die down; let up |
| Synonyms: | acquiesce, be merciful, capitulate, cave in*, change one's mind, come around, comply, cool it, cry uncle*, die away, drop, ease, ease off, ease up on, ebb, fall, fold, forbear, give in, give quarter, give some slack, give up, give way, go along with, go easy on, have mercy, have pity, lay back, let go, let it happen, lighten up, mellow out, melt, moderate, quit, relax, say uncle, show mercy, slacken, slow, soften, subside, wane, weaken, yield |
| Antonyms: | build, increase, rise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slack/slacken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | do little or nothing; loosen |
| Synonyms: | abate, decrease, diminish, dodge, drop off, dwindle, ease, flag, goof off*, idle, lax, lessen, let up, loose, moderate, neglect, reduce, relax, release, shirk, taper, tire, wane, ease off, featherbed, goldbrick, lay back, lie down on job, slack off, slow down, untighten |
| Antonyms: | stiffen, tighten |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sleep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend consciousness |
| Synonyms: | bed down, bunk*, catch a wink, catch forty winks, catnap, conk out*, cop some z's, crash*, doze, dream, drop off*, drowse, fall asleep, fall out*, flop*, hibernate, hit the hay*, hit the sack, languish, nap, nod, nod off, oversleep, relax, repose, rest, retire, sack out, saw wood, slumber, snooze, snore, take a nap, turn in*, yawn, zonk out, zzz |
| Antonyms: | wake, waken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, restrict |
| Synonyms: | abate, bog down, brake, check, choke, curb, curtail, cut back, cut down, decelerate, decrease, detain, diminish, handicap, hinder, hold back, hold up, impede, lag, lessen, loiter, mire, moderate, postpone, procrastinate, qualify, quiet, reduce, reef, regulate, relax, retard, set back, slacken, stall, stunt, temper, anchor it, back-water, ease off, ease up, embog, hit the brakes, keep waiting, let down flaps, lose speed, lose steam, reduce speed, rein in, retardate, wind down |
| Antonyms: | advance, forward, push |
| Main Entry: | soften |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | calm, soothe |
| Synonyms: | abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, bend, cushion, diminish, disintegrate, dissolve, ease, enfeeble, give, knead, lessen, lighten, lower, mash, mellow, melt, mitigate, moderate, modify, moisten, mollify, palliate, qualify, quell, relax, relent, still, subdue, temper, thaw, tone down, turn down, weaken, yield, become tender, tenderize |
| Antonyms: | irritate, trouble, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | thaw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unfreeze, warm |
| Synonyms: | defrost, dissolve, flow, flux, fuse, liquefy, loosen, melt, mollify, relax, relent, run, soften, become liquid, become soft, deliquesce, open up, unbend, warm up |
| Antonyms: | freeze |
| Main Entry: | tranquilize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make calm, quiet |
| Synonyms: | balm, calm, calm down, compose, hush, lull, pacify, put at rest, quell, quiet, quieten, relax, sedate, settle one's nerves, soothe, still, subdue, unruffle |
| Antonyms: | aggravate, agitate, incite, stir up, upset |
| Main Entry: | weaken |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reduce the strength of |
| Synonyms: | abate, adulterate, break up, cripple, crumble, cut, debase, debilitate, decline, decrease, depress, devitalize, dilute, diminish, droop, dwindle, enervate, exhaust, fade, fail, faint, flag, halt, impair, impoverish, invalidate, languish, lessen, limp, lose, lower, minimize, mitigate, moderate, reduce, relapse, relax, sap, soften, temper, thin, tire, totter, tremble, undermine, vitiate, wane, water down, wilt, ease up, give way, lose spirit, slow down, thin out |
| Antonyms: | build up, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | calm down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compose oneself |
| Synonyms: | chill out*, control oneself, cool down, cool it, cool off, get hold of oneself, go easy, keep cool, regain one's composure, relax, rest, restrain oneself, simmer down*, take it easy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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