🛋️ A rest 🛋️ To relax ✋ Calm down

chillax

4 9.8

A short time to relax and rest after stress

noun
/tʃɪˈlæks/

Slang

: relajación

After a long week at work, I like to have a chillax on the couch with a good book.

Examples

Every Friday night, we have a chillax with friends, just hanging out and unwinding.
We decided to take a chillax at the beach this weekend to enjoy some sunshine.
My family is European, so everyone is "chillax" about drinking.

Blog text (30)
We all seriously need to chillax before someone pops a blood vessel.

Detention of the Dead (2012)
Chillax, he's with me.

Vigilante Diaries (2016)
Chillax, Maureen.

Little Orphans (2020)

Synonyms

cooldown

vschillax

1 3.8

A short pause people take to calm down after a strong feeling

is a casual relaxed time for resting without needing prior intensity

Antonyms

stress

704 2.8

A feeling of pressure and worry because of difficult situations

excitement

434 1.0

A strong feeling of happiness and eagerness, or something that causes it

How Relaxed

retreat

55 6.0

relaxation

54 1.6

chillax

Slang

4 9.8

rest

703 1.0

break

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

chillax singular

chillaxes plural

Morphology

chillax = chill + relax (semi-transparent) = chill + relax

The blend clearly suggests a meaning like 'chill' plus 'relax', but the exact form is playful and informal rather than a fully regular compositional word.

Etymology

Chillax comes from joining chill ('calm') and relax ('rest'), so a chillax is a short time or state of 'calm' and unwinding. It is an informal word for relaxing after a busy or stressful time.