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Synonyms for de-stress

  • verb

Most common

wind down calm down relax de-emphasize

All synonyms

Verb

1. Relax — to reduce the emotional stress in (another person); to reduce the stress in oneself

relax, calm down, wind down

Other

de-emphasize, deemphasise UK

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To reduce the emotional stress in (another person); to reduce the stress in oneself.

Related words

Other spellings
destress

Forms

Past participle
de-stressed
e.g. de-stressed → relaxed, de-emphasized…

Example sentences

  • relax I can't relax for a second when the kids are home.

By length

5 letters
relax2
11 letters
deemphasise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (relax2 = 2 syllables).