relaxing

1. 1.

   affording physical or mental rest

   “she spent a restful night at home”

   Synonymsrestfulreposeful

   Similarslumberous

Questions about relaxing

What does relaxing mean?

relaxing means "affording physical or mental rest".

How many syllables are in relaxing?

relaxing has 3 syllables: re-lax-ing. The stress falls on "lax". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈlæksɪŋ/.

What is another word for relaxing?

Close synonyms include restful, reposeful. 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.

Is relaxing a common word?

relaxing 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.