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Grep of noun lax annual parallax bastard toadflax blue toadflax devil's flax diurnal parallax flax galax genus galax genus hylophylax genus smilax genus spalax geocentric parallax heliocentric parallax horizontal parallax hylophylax laxation laxative laxity laxness old-field toadflax parallax smilax solar parallax spalax stellar parallax toadflax Overview of adj lax The adj lax has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) lax, slack -- (lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline") 2. lax -- ((phonetics) pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')) 3. lax -- (not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight; "a lax rope") 4. flaccid, lax, limp, slack -- (lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip") 5. indulgent, lax, lenient, soft -- (tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "procedures are lax and discipline is weak"; "too soft on the children") 6. lax, loose -- (emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels") Antonyms of adj lax 6 senses of lax Sense 1 lax, slack INDIRECT (VIA negligent) -> diligent Sense 2 lax (vs. tense) tense (vs. lax) => constricted Sense 3 lax (vs. tense) tense (vs. lax) => overstrung => taut, tight Sense 4 flaccid, lax, limp, slack INDIRECT (VIA weak) -> strong Sense 5 indulgent, lax, lenient, soft INDIRECT (VIA permissive) -> unpermissive Sense 6 lax, loose INDIRECT (VIA unconstipated) -> constipated Similarity of adj lax 6 senses of lax Sense 1 lax, slack => negligent (vs. diligent) Sense 2 lax (vs. tense) Sense 3 lax (vs. tense) => drooping, droopy, sagging => floppy => loose, slack => loose-jointed => relaxed => tensionless Also See-> loose#4 Sense 4 flaccid, lax, limp, slack => weak (vs. strong) Sense 5 indulgent, lax, lenient, soft => permissive (vs. unpermissive) Sense 6 lax, loose => unconstipated (vs. constipated), regular Attributes of adj lax Familiarity of adj lax lax used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 6) Grep of adj lax lax laxative Overview of adj lax The adj lax has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) lax, slack -- (lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline") 2. lax -- ((phonetics) pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')) 3. lax -- (not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight; "a lax rope") 4. flaccid, lax, limp, slack -- (lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "flaccid muscles"; "took his lax hand in hers"; "gave a limp handshake"; "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton; "a slack grip") 5. indulgent, lax, lenient, soft -- (tolerant or lenient; "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"; "procedures are lax and discipline is weak"; "too soft on the children") 6. lax, loose -- (emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels")
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