Synonyms for relaxation
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Slackening
Other
re-creation, fun, diversion, easiness, amusement, liberalization, liberalisation UK, looseness, remission, laxness
Definitions
- n. 1
The act of relaxing or the state of being relaxed; the opposite of stress or tension; the aim of recreation and leisure activities.
- n. 2
A diminution of tone, tension, or firmness; specifically in pathology: a looseness; a diminution of the natural and healthy tone of parts.
relaxation of the soft palate
Related words
- Word family
- relax
Forms
- Plural
- relaxations → rests, reposes, eases, slackenings…
Example sentences
- ease I was surprised because he lifted me up with ease.
- repose His brief repose was interrupted by her arrival.
- diversion A diversion is in effect around roadworks in the city centre.
- liberalization Algeria needs to intensify its liberalization process.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| relaxation | steady | |
| ease | steady | |
| repose | steady | |
| slackening | falling | |
| diversion | falling | |
| liberalization | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- fun1
- 4 letters
- rest1, ease1
- 6 letters
- repose2
- 7 letters
- laxness
- 8 letters
- easiness
- 9 letters
- amusement3, diversion3, remission3, loosening3, looseness, slackness2
- 10 letters
- slackening3
- 14 letters
- liberalization6, liberalisation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (repose2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- relaxation