Definition for Relaxation:

• ( physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers

Synonyms for Relaxation:

• n.

  •
  • break,
  • retreat.
  •amusement (noun)
  • frivolity,
  • merriment,
  • levity,
  • refreshment,
  • stimulation,
  • Jolliness,
  • amusement,
  • whimsicality,
  • celebration,
  • pleasure,
  • jocularity,
  • humor,
  • tonic,
  • game,
  • distraction,
  • sport,
  • hilarity.
  •comfort (noun)
  • convenience,
  • contentment,
  • peacefulness,
  • well-being.
  •dispensation (noun)
  • reprieve.
  •diversion (noun)
  • disport,
  • relish.
  •détente (noun)
  • tranquility.
  •ease (noun)
  • easiness,
  • calm,
  • serenity,
  • inactivity,
  • quietness,
  • calmness.
  •enjoyment (noun)
  • Enjoying.
  •freedom (noun)
  • liberation,
  • emancipation,
  • Freeness,
  • liberty,
  • release,
  • freedom.
  •fun (noun)
  • joke,
  • holiday,
  • mirth,
  • solace.
  •inactivity (noun)
  • rest.
  •repose (noun)
  • furlough,
  • vacation.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • breather,
  • quietude.
  •
  • R and R.
  •Other relevant words:
  • dormancy,
  • ebbing,
  • disobedience,
  • assuagement,
  • guilt,
  • free,
  • balance,
  • Non-performance,
  • carelessness,
  • fault,
  • violation,
  • remnant,
  • property,
  • dilution,
  • uncurl,
  • effeminacy,
  • consolation,
  • Pottering,
  • attenuation,
  • occupation,
  • dalliance,
  • Subduement,
  • have,
  • pursuit,
  • calming,
  • loosening,
  • incoherence,
  • heartsease,
  • slackening,
  • alleviation,
  • infirmity,
  • bask,
  • divert,
  • placidness,
  • sin,
  • Dulling,
  • dreaminess,
  • inanition,
  • indolence,
  • broadly,
  • misrule,
  • pause,
  • inexorable,
  • diminution,
  • implacable,
  • entertaining,
  • slumber,
  • Dulcification,
  • baggy,
  • weakness,
  • remissness,
  • evasion,
  • thinning,
  • breathing time,
  • limply,
  • inflexible,
  • unwind,
  • devitalization,
  • dying,
  • hold,
  • sagging,
  • Quieting,
  • cessation,
  • affair,
  • retard,
  • laxness,
  • impotence,
  • fade out,
  • meditation,
  • palliation,
  • interval,
  • subtraction,
  • recess,
  • placidity,
  • sleep,
  • pacification,
  • flabby,
  • flaccidity,
  • cushioning,
  • soothing,
  • negligent,
  • decompression,
  • decrescence,
  • obdurate,
  • entertain,
  • rollick,
  • lessen,
  • fatigue,
  • Blunting,
  • abate,
  • easing,
  • residuum,
  • peace of mind,
  • negligence,
  • failure,
  • subsidence,
  • easygoingness,
  • stopping,
  • mellowing,
  • detente,
  • letdown,
  • leniency,
  • lowering,
  • rejoice,
  • stay,
  • amuse,
  • lax,
  • slowly,
  • lulling,
  • scaling down,
  • softness,
  • cease,
  • Hushing,
  • evisceration,
  • sloppiness,
  • eternal sleep,
  • avocation,
  • leisure-time activity,
  • quiescence,
  • suspension,
  • Languishment,
  • vice,
  • laxation,
  • dereliction of duty,
  • abridgment,
  • anaphrodisia,
  • interruption,
  • reduction,
  • intermission,
  • anarchy,
  • surcease,
  • imprecision,
  • softly,
  • decrement,
  • neglect,
  • loosely,
  • flaccid,
  • unbending,
  • Mollifying,
  • nihilism,
  • slacken,
  • halt,
  • attrition,
  • enjoyable,
  • unbend,
  • stubborn,
  • deadening,
  • time,
  • stiff,
  • Effemination,
  • concern,
  • liberalisation,
  • business,
  • relief,
  • modulation,
  • spare moments,
  • uncompromising,
  • mellowness,
  • relaxation behavior,
  • tempering,
  • quietus,
  • Feminality,
  • lightening,
  • transgression,
  • insubordination,
  • remainder,
  • recreate,
  • diminishing,
  • indifference,
  • spare time,
  • sluggishly,
  • debilitation,
  • disjunction,
  • time to spare,
  • enervation,
  • bagginess,
  • overindulgence,
  • adamant,
  • letup,
  • douse,
  • shakiness,
  • possess,
  • falling off,
  • simplicity,
  • debility,
  • Sereneness,
  • permissiveness,
  • Ceasing,
  • let-up,
  • tranquillity,
  • exhaustion,
  • rest period,
  • mitigation,
  • relaxation method,
  • illegality,
  • interlude,
  • quietening,
  • peace and quiet,
  • enfeeblement,
  • stop,
  • Allayment,
  • deduction,
  • Divertisement,
  • breathing spell,
  • infraction,
  • softening,
  • Non-observance,
  • relax,
  • lark,
  • depreciation,
  • BRUTUM FULMEN,
  • straighten,
  • extenuation,
  • Diminishment,
  • enjoy,
  • careless,
  • lynch law,
  • permissive,
  • residue,
  • slackness,
  • ataraxis,
  • hesitation,
  • fragility,
  • loose,
  • atony,
  • miniaturization,
  • stillness,
  • deflation,
  • dead letter,
  • moderation,
  • vacant hour,
  • rigid,
  • generally,
  • padding,
  • moderating,
  • decrease,
  • Immiscibility,
  • abatement,
  • time off,
  • ricketiness,
  • diminish,
  • reclining,
  • weakening,
  • unyielding,
  • Damping,
  • languor,
  • contraction,
  • lessening,
  • laxly,
  • dampening,
  • entr'acte,
  • eternal rest,
  • easy,
  • informality,
  • slake,
  • mollification,
  • slackly,
  • appreciate,
  • Demulsion,
  • liberalization,
  • Tranquilization,
  • dying off.

Paraphrases for Relaxation:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    loosening.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    weakening.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    liberalization, liberalisation, facilitation, deregulation, liberalising, flexibility, simplification, leisure, excursion, entertainment, commutation, rapprochement, de-escalation, abolition, rest, accommodation, mobilisation, calming, variation, slowdown, slow-down, Resting, Lifting, removal, thaw, tension, dilution, inaction.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    relax.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    relaxing, softening, flexibilisation, flexibilization, attenuation, recreation, detente, laxity, release, trigger, relax, moderation, lessening, amelioration, let-up, respite.

Antonyms for Relaxation:

• n.

  • comfort
    aggravation, annoyance, torture, botheration, torment, irritation, exasperation, bother, distress.
  • dispensation
    denial, veto.
  • diversion
    task, vocation, chore.
  • ease
    disquiet, excitableness, strife, furor, turmoil, difficulty, unrest, uneasiness.
  • enjoyment
    misery, displeasure, woe, sorrow, unhappiness, dissatisfaction.
  • entertainment
    drudgery.
  • euphoria
    depression, despair.
  • fun
    sadness.
  • relaxation
    labor, work, intensification.
  • Other antonyms:
    duty, exertion, tension, pressure, tenseness, stress, strain, obligation, responsibility.

Homophones for Relaxation:

• realisation, royal academy, reelection, relay station, reallocation, relocation, railway station, realization, relegation, railway system.

Hyponym for Relaxation:

• n.

  • process
    increase, increment, growth.