lax

Other forms of lax

comparative

laxer·

superlative

laxest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lax

What does lax mean?

lax means "lacking in rigor or strictness". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lax?

lax has 1 syllable: lax. In IPA it is /ˈlæks/.

What is another word for lax?

Close synonyms include slack, loose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of lax?

The recorded antonyms are tense, tense.

Is lax a common word?

lax is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with lax?

3 words rhyme with lax. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.