"lax" | Definition and Related Words

Adjective

Lacking in rigor or strictness (synset 300759003)
"such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline"

similar to: negligent - characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern

same as: slack
Pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') (synset 302413956)
referred to in: phonetics - the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
Lacking in firmness or tension;
Not taut (synset 302412395)
"a lax rope"

also: loose - not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
similar to:
- drooping, droopy, sagging - hanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness)
- limp - lacking or having lost rigidity
- floppy - hanging limply
- loose, slack - not tense or taut
- loose-jointed - loosely articulated or constructed
- tensionless - free from tension
- wilted - (of plants) limp due to heat, loss of water, or disease
Emptying easily or excessively (synset 300641863)
"loose bowels"

similar to: regular, unconstipated - not constipated

same as: loose