laid-back
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3.9
- adjective
- /leɪd bæk/
- Informal
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relajado
- I've been really loving filming these more chill, laid back videos and I hope you do as well.
Even though it's like Beachy and laid back and not a ton of makeup, it's good.
- Even though it's like Beachy and laid back and not a ton of makeup, it's good.
- It's very laid back, yet high class.
- You're just a laid back, good, humble man Of the years I've known you.
- Like he he doesn't get jealous like he's really like laid back.
- But yeah, I just like, I'm just more of a simple kind of laid back eyeshadow look kind of girl.
- And while I was there in those days, it was an extremely sort of laid back and, and primitive place.
- It felt good, you know, and, and everybody, everybody was pretty, pretty laid back, you know.
- The first mobster I ever arrested, first guy I ever arrested, pretty laid back guy.
- They had a good spread and in dealing with them they've been they don't, they're very honest, very laid back and they don't over promise.
- And he was cool, laid back, funny, super relatable to us and our experience.
- But recently, I think pretty much since COVID and I feel like my life has just become a lot more laid back and chilled.
- You don't want to scale that back to a level that you can't sustain and make him think, oh, she's real chill and laid back with this whole phone thing.
Examples
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His laid-back attitude helped to ease the tensions during the meeting.
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No, my usual style's a lot more laid back.
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It's very laid back, yet high class.
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And all I can say, Andrew, is it's all about being laid back and going with the flow.
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- Life here in Point Pleasant is laid back.
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Ocean Beach is just the funkiest beach town with so many creative, laid back people.
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You always were a laid-back old stick, but this is ridiculous.
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But recently, I think pretty much since COVID and I feel like my life has just become a lot more laid back and chilled.
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She's pretty laid back about everything that's going on around her.
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Mr. Mcavoy, I can appreciate that you have a fairly laid-back, relaxed lifestyle, but I have hours to keep.
Synonyms
56
3.7
Calm and not easily worried
46
3.9
Calm and gentle in mood and behavior
22
2.6
Being calm and relaxed and not easily upset
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6.1
Simple and relaxed, not difficult or serious
Antonyms
How Relaxed
Surface Forms
Morphology
laid-back = laid (transparent) = back + laid
The adjective is a transparent compound from 'laid' (past participle of 'lay') + 'back' meaning 'leaning back', a metaphorical extension to 'relaxed' that is easily inferable by learners. [Postprocessing: moved 'back' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
The word laid-back comes from the simple parts laid and back, like 'laying' your body 'back' in a chair to relax, giving the image of someone leaning back comfortably. So a laid-back person is calm and easy-going and not easily worried.