lax
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
lacking in rigor or strictness
such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')
Related & opposite
Sense 3 adjective
lacking in strength or firmness or resilience
a lax rope
Related & opposite
- loose also see
- tense antonym
- laxity derivation
- droopy similar to
- limp similar to
- floppy similar to
- slack similar to
- loose-jointed similar to
- tensionless similar to
Sense 4 adjective
emptying easily or excessively
loose bowels
Related & opposite
- looseness derivation
- laxity derivation
- unconstipated similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | laxness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | negligent |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | tense |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phonetics |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | loose |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | tense |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | laxity |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | droopy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | limp |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | floppy |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | slack |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | loose-jointed |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | tensionless |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | looseness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | laxity |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | unconstipated |