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relaxant

relaxant

7.2
Causing muscles or the mind to become calm and less tense
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈlæksənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : relajante
  • She found that deep breathing and a soothing relaxant tea helped her feel more at ease before the interview.

Examples

  • The relaxant properties of the herb are well-known.

  • Many herbal teas are marketed as natural relaxant remedies for anxiety.

  • After the stressful meeting, she took a mild relaxant to calm her nerves.

  • The doctor prescribed a relaxant to help ease the patient's back spasms.

  • The relaxant effect kicked in quickly.

  • After a long day, he enjoyed a warm bath with a relaxant to ease his tense muscles.

  • The yoga class used a special relaxant oil to help participants unwind and release stress.

Synonyms

relaxing
vsrelaxant
47 1.0

Making you feel calm and comfortable

focuses on loosening muscles or nerves rather than general calm
sedative
vsrelaxant
2 5.8

Calming and making someone feel sleepy

targets muscles or nerves rather than causing drowsiness

Compounds

muscle relaxant
  • Specialized
5 3.7

A drug that makes muscles less tight to reduce pain or spasms

Surface Forms

relaxant positive

Morphology

relaxant = relax (transparent) = relax + ant

A productive adjectival/agentive formation: '-ant' added to 'relax' yields an adjective meaning causing or producing relaxation.

Etymology

The adjective relaxant comes from the verb relax, from re- 'back' and lax 'loose', meaning 'make loose again'. So something called a relaxant tends to make muscles or the mind looser and calmer.