Synonyms of the word lax


LAXDROOPING - DROOPY - FLACCID - FLOPPY - LIMP - LOOSE - NEGLIGENT - REGULAR - RELAXED - SAGGING - SLACK - TENSIONLESS - WEAK

lax

  • n. (now chiefly Britain dialectal, Scotland) A salmon.
  • adj. lenient and allowing for deviation; not strict.
  • adj. loose; not tight or taut.
  • adj. lacking care; neglectful, negligent.
  • adj. (archaic) Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
  • adj. (mathematics) Describing an associative monoidal functor.
  • n. (slang) Lacrosse.

drooping

  • v. present participle of droop.
  • n. An instance of something drooping.
  • adj. That droops or droop.

droopy

  • adj. Tending to droop; sagging; wilting.

flaccid

  • adj. Flabby.
  • adj. Soft; floppy.
  • adj. Lacking energy or vigor.

floppy

  • adj. Limp, not hard, firm, or rigid; flexible.
  • n. (computing) A floppy disk.

limp

  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To happen; befall; chance.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To come upon; meet.
  • adj. flaccid; flabby, like flesh.
  • adj. lacking stiffness; flimsy.
  • adj. (of a penis) not erect.
  • adj. (of a man) not having an erect penis.
  • adj. physically weak.
  • v. (intransitive) To be inadequate or unsatisfactory.
  • n. A scraper of board or sheet-iron shaped like half the head of a small cask, used for scraping the ore…
  • v. (intransitive) To walk lamely, as if favouring one leg.
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively, of a vehicle) To travel with a malfunctioning system of propulsion.
  • v. (poker slang, intransitive) To call.
  • n. An irregular, jerky or awkward gait.
  • n. A scraper for removing poor ore or refuse from the sieve.
  • n. A code-word among Jacobites, standing for Louis XIV, James II, Queen Mary of Modena and the Prince of…

loose

  • v. (transitive) To let loose, to free from restraints.
  • v. (transitive) To unfasten, to loosen.
  • v. (transitive) To make less tight, to loosen.
  • v. (intransitive) Of a grip or hold, to let go.
  • v. (archery) to shoot (an arrow).
  • v. (obsolete) To set sail.
  • v. (obsolete) To solve; to interpret.
  • adj. Not fixed in place tightly or firmly.
  • adj. Not held or packaged together.
  • adj. Not under control.
  • adj. Not fitting closely.
  • adj. Not compact.
  • adj. Relaxed.
  • adj. Not precise or exact; vague; indeterminate.
  • adj. Indiscreet.
  • adj. (dated) Free from moral restraint; immoral, unchaste.
  • adj. (not comparable, sports) Not being in the possession of any competing team during a game.
  • adj. (dated) Not costive; having lax bowels.
  • n. (archery) The release of an arrow.
  • n. (obsolete) A state of laxity or indulgence; unrestrained freedom, abandonment.
  • n. (rugby) All play other than set pieces (scrums and line-outs).
  • n. Freedom from restraint.
  • n. A letting go; discharge.
  • interj. (archery) begin shooting; release your arrows.
  • v. Misspelling of lose.

negligent

  • adj. Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
  • adj. (law) Culpable due to negligence.

regular

  • adj. (Christianity) Bound by religious rule; belonging to a monastic or religious order (often as opposed to…
  • adj. Having a constant pattern; showing evenness of form or appearance.
  • adj. (geometry, of a polygon) Having all sides of the same length, and all (corresponding) angles of the same…
  • adj. (geometry, of a polyhedron) Whose faces are all congruent regular polygons, equally inclined to each other.
  • adj. Demonstrating a consistent set of rules; showing order, evenness of operation or occurrence.
  • adj. (now rare) Well-behaved, orderly; restrained (of a lifestyle etc.).
  • adj. Happening at constant (especially short) intervals.
  • adj. (grammar, of a verb, plural, etc) Following a set or common pattern; according to the normal rules of…
  • adj. (chiefly US) Having the expected characteristics or appearances; normal, ordinary, standard.
  • adj. (chiefly military) Permanently organised; being part of a set professional body of troops.
  • adj. Having bowel movements or menstrual periods at constant intervals in the expected way.
  • adj. (colloquial) Exemplary; excellent example of; utter, downright.
  • adj. Belonging to a monastic order or community.
  • adj. (botany, zoology) Having all the parts of the same kind alike in size and shape.
  • adj. (crystallography) isometric.
  • adj. (snowboarding) Riding with the left foot forward.
  • adj. (analysis, not comparable, of a Borel measure) Such that every set in its domain is both outer regular…
  • adv. (archaic, Britain, dialect) Regularly, on a regular basis.
  • n. A member of the British Army (as opposed to a member of the Territorial Army or Reserve).
  • n. A frequent, routine visitor to an establishment.
  • n. A frequent customer, client or business partner.
  • n. (Canada) A coffee with one cream and one sugar.
  • n. Anything that is normal or standard.

relaxed

  • adj. Having an easy-going mood or temperament.
  • adj. Eased or loosened.
  • adj. Free from tension or anxiety, at ease.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of relax.

sagging

  • n. The act of something that sags.
  • n. A manner of wearing pants or shorts below the waist, revealing some or all of the underwear.
  • adj. (of a person or clothes) Worn low on the waist, or wearing pants or shorts low on the waist.
  • v. present participle of sag.

slack

  • n. (uncountable) Small coal; coal dust.
  • n. (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.
  • n. (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.
  • n. (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow, that periodically fills and drains.
  • adj. Lax; not tense; not hard drawn; not firmly extended.
  • adj. Weak; not holding fast.
  • adj. Remiss; backward; not using due diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
  • adj. Not violent, rapid, or pressing.
  • adj. (slang, West Indies) vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
  • adv. Slackly.
  • v. To slacken.
  • v. (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
  • v. (followed by “off”) to procrastinate; to be lazy.
  • v. (followed by “off”) to refuse to exert effort.
  • v. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.

tensionless

  • adj. Having no tension.

weak

  • adj. Lacking in force (usually strength) or ability.
  • adj. Unable to sustain a great weight, pressure, or strain.
  • adj. Unable to withstand temptation, urgency, persuasion, etc.; easily impressed, moved, or overcome; accessible;…
  • adj. Dilute, lacking in taste or potency.
  • adj. (grammar) Displaying a particular kind of inflection, including.
  • adj. (chemistry) That does not ionize completely into anions and cations in a solution.
  • adj. (physics) One of the four fundamental forces associated with nuclear decay.
  • adj. (slang) Bad or uncool.
  • adj. (mathematics, logic) Having a narrow range of logical consequences; narrowly applicable. (Often contrasted…
  • adj. Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
  • adj. Not having power to convince; not supported by force of reason or truth; unsustained.
  • adj. Lacking in vigour or expression.
  • adj. Not prevalent or effective, or not felt to be prevalent; not potent; feeble.
  • adj. (stock exchange) Tending towards lower prices.
  • adj. (photography) Lacking contrast.

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