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relaxing

relaxing

47 1.0
Making you feel calm and comfortable
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈlæksɪŋ/
translation icon : relajante
  • All I wanted was a relaxing evening out with my girlfriends.
  • more relaxing

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Examples

  • Our Lake Tahoe vacation was glorious, relaxing, full of hiking, and just what we needed.

    Blog text (7)

  • The warmth of the fire was so relaxing that Scarlett caught herself yawning.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Just put this on and read a relaxing book, OK?

  • Let me play some relaxing music for us.

  • We had a relaxing last couple of hours.

  • We came out to have a fun and relaxing evening.

    Melinda and Melinda (2004)

  • I wanted to have a beautiful, relaxing, calm bath.

  • We thought it would be a nice, relaxing day of hiking and bonding.

    Blog text (15)

  • The meetings were organized to be collegial, relaxing, helpful, and non-evaluative.

    Academic text (2012)

  • After a long week at work, I enjoy spending my weekends in relaxing ways.

Synonyms

soothing
vsrelaxing
81 2.9

That makes pain or worry feel less strong

focuses on making you feel calm and comfortable rather than relieving pain
chill
vsrelaxing
  • Informal
56 3.7

Calm and not easily worried

is about producing calm and comfort rather than describing a steady trait
tranquil
vsrelaxing
27 4.6

Calm and peaceful without noise or movement

is about causing comfort and reducing stress not merely describing calm
restful
vsrelaxing
17 1.8

Causes you to feel calm and ready to rest

is focused on creating calm comfort and lowering stress not just rest
tranquilizing
vsrelaxing
  • US
6.2

To make someone feel calm and less worried

is about making you comfortable and easing general stress and tension
tranquilising
vsrelaxing
  • UK
6.4

That makes a person feel calm and less anxious

is about causing overall calm and reducing stress rather than only anxiety
reposeful
vsrelaxing
  • Literature
7.1

Calm and peaceful, making you feel relaxed and rested

is more about producing comfort and easing stress than peaceful atmosphere

Antonyms

stressful
167 2.8

Making you feel very worried or nervous

Compounds

relaxing vacation
  • US
1 2.1

A holiday for rest and quiet with few planned activities

How Relaxing

tranquil
27 4.6
restful
17 1.8
relaxing
47 1.0
soothing
81 2.9
calming
6 2.6

Surface Forms

relaxing positive

Morphology

relaxing = relax (transparent) = relax + ing

A regular adjectival use of the present participle '-ing' built on the verb 'relax', with the meaning directly derived from the verb.

Etymology

Relaxing comes from the Latin parts re- and lax, where lax means 'loose' and is the same idea as the English word lax. So something relaxing helps your body or mind become 'loose' instead of 'tight', which is why it makes you feel calm and less stressed.