lax

lax is a 3-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive verb, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. Not tense, firm, or rigid; loose; slack; as, a lax bandage; lax fiber.
2. transitive verb. Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal.
3. transitive verb. Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
4. noun. A looseness; diarrhea.
5. adjective. emptying easily or excessively

   "loose bowels"

   Synonyms: loose

6. adjective. lacking in rigor or strictness

   "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"

   "lax in attending classes"

   Synonyms: slack

7. adjective. lacking in strength or firmness or resilience

   "a lax rope"

   "a limp handshake"

8. adjective. pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

Synonyms

loose, slack

Common word forms

laxer, laxes, laxly, laxest, laxity, laxness

Words from these letters

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