Meanings
adjectiverelaxing (comparative more relaxing, superlative most relaxing)
comparative more relaxing · superlative most relaxing
- Conducive to relaxation; helping one to relax.
a relaxing piece of music
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of relax
nounrelaxing (plural relaxings)
plural relaxings
- The process by which something is relaxed.
relaxings of the muscles
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveaffording physical or mental rest
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Translations
Bulgarian релакси́ращ
- релакси́ращ (relaksírašt)allowing one to relax
Catalan relaxant
- relaxantallowing one to relax
Dutch ontspannend, rustgevend
- ontspannendallowing one to relax
- rustgevendallowing one to relax
Finnish rentouttava
- rentouttavaallowing one to relax
French relaxant, reposant
- relaxantallowing one to relax
- reposantallowing one to relax
German entspannend, erholsam
- entspannendallowing one to relax
- erholsamallowing one to relax
Italian rilassante
- rilassanteallowing one to relax
Norwegian Bokmål avslappende
- avslappendeallowing one to relax
Polish odprężający
- odprężającyallowing one to relax
Portuguese relaxante
- relaxanteallowing one to relax
Russian расслабля́ющий
- расслабля́ющий (rasslabljájuščij)allowing one to relax
Spanish relajante
- relajanteallowing one to relax
Ukrainian розслабля́ючий
- розслабля́ючий (rozslabljájučyj)allowing one to relax
Cite this entry
APA
relaxing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relaxing
MLA
“relaxing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relaxing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relaxing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relaxing.
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