chill out

verb

To relax or take time out; to calm down; reduce or go easy on something.

“You should chill out on the fatty foods.”

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Meanings

nounchill out (plural chill outs)

plural chill outs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of chillout.
verbchill out (third-person singular simple present chills out, present participle chilling out, simple past and past participle chilled out)

present singular third person chills out · participle present chilling out · participle past chilled out · past chilled out

  1. intransitiveslangTo relax or take time out; to calm down; reduce or go easy on something.

    You should chill out on the fatty foods.

    5 more examples

    Since I'm between projects, I think I'll just chill out.

    I wish I could chill out about the neighbor's barking dog, but it wakes me up every night.

    Chill out, whatcha yelling for?

    2002 April 23, Avril Lavigne, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards, Scott Spock, “Complicated”, in Let Go, performed by Avril Lavigne, Arista Records

    Ed: Chill out. Everyone's all right. / Shaun: Stop telling me to chill out!

    2004, Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright, Shaun of the Dead (motion picture)

    A girl […]telling her friend, “I met her at a party three weeks ago, but now she’s like e-mailing me and I’m just like, chill out, bitch!”

    2004 January 2, Ariel Levy, “Where the Bois Are”, in New York Magazine

    Synonyms: chill

  2. datedintransitiveslangTo hang out; spend time together with another person or group.

    Hey, we should chill out together this weekend.

    Synonyms: chill, hang out

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo relax or take time out; to calm down; reduce or go easy on something.

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chill

verbTo hang out; spend time together with another person or group.

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chillhang out

More synonyms by meaning

verbbecome quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

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calmcalm downcool offsimmer downsettle downcool it
Broader
change stateturn
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ayo chillcalmcalm downchillchillaxcool itcool offcool one's jetsjell outpull in one's hornsrelaxsettle downsimmer downstonewind down

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From chill and out.

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Translations

Arabic إِسْتَرْخَى
  • إِسْتَرْخَى (ʔistarḵā)relax or take time out
Bulgarian успокоявам се, отпускам се
  • успокоявам се (uspokojavam se)relax or take time out
  • отпускам се (otpuskam se)relax or take time out
Chinese Mandarin 冷静
  • 冷静 (lěngjìng)relax or take time out
Dutch niksen
  • niksenrelax or take time out
Finnish chillata
  • chillatarelax or take time out
French se calmer, se détendre
  • se calmerrelax or take time out
  • se détendrerelax or take time out
  • se relaxerrelax or take time out
German sich entspannen
  • sich entspannenrelax or take time out
Italian calmarsi, rilassarsi
  • calmarsirelax or take time out
  • rilassarsirelax or take time out
Polish uspokoić się, wyluzować się
  • uspokoić sięrelax or take time out
  • wyluzować sięrelax or take time out
  • wyluzowaćrelax or take time out
  • rozluźnić sięrelax or take time out
  • zrelaksować sięrelax or take time out
Portuguese relaxar, sossegar
  • relaxarrelax or take time out
  • sossegarrelax or take time out
Scottish Gaelic gabh socair
  • gabh socairrelax or take time out
Spanish relajarse
  • relajarserelax or take time out
Swedish ta det lugnt, slappna av
  • ta det lugntrelax or take time out
  • slappna avrelax or take time out
  • chillarelax or take time out
Turkish rahatlamak, sakinleşmek
  • rahatlamakrelax or take time out
  • sakinleşmekrelax or take time out
Cite this entry
APA

chill out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chill%20out

MLA

“chill out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chill%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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