LAX: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for LAX?

Need another word that means the same as “lax”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “lax” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Lax” are: loose, slack, slipshod, negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless, heedless, unmindful, inattentive, slapdash, offhand, casual

Lax as an Adjective

Definitions of "Lax" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “lax” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Emptying easily or excessively.
• Not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful.
• Lacking in rigor or strictness.
• (of the bowels) loose.
• Lacking in firmness or tension; not taut.
• Lacking in strength or firmness or resilience.
• (of the limbs or muscles) relaxed.
• (of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed.
• Pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet.

Synonyms of "Lax" as an adjective (13 Words)

careless	(usually followed by `of’) without due thought or consideration. A careless housekeeper.
casual	Relaxed and unconcerned. To the casual observer rugby looks something like football.
heedless	Marked by or paying little heed or attention. Heedless of the child s crying.
inattentive	Not showing due care or attention. I was disappointed by the food and the inattentive service.
loose	Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility. A loose federation of political groups.
neglectful	Not giving proper care or attention to someone or something. Neglectful parents.
negligent	Failing to take proper care over something. The council had been negligent in its supervision of the children in care.
offhand	Ungraciously or offensively nonchalant or cool in manner. Trying to sound offhanded and reassuring.
remiss	Failing in what duty requires. Remiss of you not to pay your bills.
slack	(of a tide) neither ebbing nor flowing. A slack rope.
slapdash	Done too hurriedly and carelessly. He gave a slapdash performance.
slipshod	(of shoes) worn down at the heel. Slipshod spelling.
unmindful	(followed by `to’ or `of’) lacking conscious awareness of. Danielle seemed unmindful of her parents plight.

Usage Examples of "Lax" as an adjective

• Lax in attending classes.
• Such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable.
• Lax security arrangements at the airport.
• The merger of tense and lax vowels before ‘l.
• A lax rope.
• Muscles have more potential energy when they are stretched than when they are lax.
• He'd been a bit lax about discipline in school lately.

Associations of "Lax" (30 Words)

absentminded	Lost in thought; showing preoccupation. An absentminded professor.
baggy	(of clothing) loose and hanging in folds. Baggy trousers.
boot	Kick give a boot to. A boot disk.
cape	In bullfighting taunt the bull by flourishing a cape. The hair on a cape for the taxidermist can spoil in warm weather.
careless	Marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful. Danced with careless grace.
clothes	Bedclothes. Baby clothes.
doff	Remove. He doffed his hat.
floppy	Tending to flop or hang loosely. His dark floppy hair.
free	People who are free. She struggled to free herself from the tenacious mud.
hat	Furnish with a hat. A woolly hat.
headdress	Clothing for the head. A tall plumed headdress.
inattentive	Not showing due care or attention. An inattentive babysitter.
jacket	Put a jacket on. The tubing needs to be jacketed.
lenient	Tolerant or lenient. Lenient magistrates.
limp	A tendency to limp a gait impeded by injury or stiffness. He limped heavily as he moved.
loose	Make something loose untie or undo. Criminals on the loose in the neighborhood.
mitten	Glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together.
neglectful	Failing in what duty requires. Neglectful parents.
negligent	Characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern. The council had been negligent in its supervision of the children in care.
remiss	Failing in what duty requires. It would be very remiss of me not to pass on that information.
reprehensible	Deserving censure or condemnation. Adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife.
sag	The amount of a sag measured as the perpendicular distance from the middle of the curve to the straight line between the two supporting points. A sag in the middle necessitated a third set of wheels.
scarf	Wrap in or adorn with a scarf. She tucked her woolly scarf around her neck.
slack	Flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide. The flow of blood slacked off.
sloppy	(of semi-fluid matter) containing too much liquid; watery. Sloppy workmanship.
sweatshirt	A loose, warm sweater, typically made of cotton, worn when exercising or as leisurewear.
undo	Cancel or reverse the effects or results of (a previous action or measure. Iago s hatred of women undoes him.
unleash	Release from a leash. They dig up badger setts and unleash terriers into them.
untie	Undo the ties of. Untie the knot.
wear	Have in one s aspect wear an expression of one s attitude or personality. You need to make a deduction for wear and tear on all your belongings.