lax
lax is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 36 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Not strict or stringent; not exact; loose; weak; vague; equivocal. The discipline was lax. Macaulay. Society at that epoch was lenient, if not lax, in matters of the passions. J. A. Symonds. The word "æternus" itself is sometimes of a lax signification. Jortin.
- 2.Having a looseness of the bowels; diarrheal.
- 3.A looseness; diarrhea.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- bald
- bland
- careless
- childish
- cold
- colorless
- diffuse
- dry
- dull
- feeble
- feebleness
- flatulent
- frigid
- inexact
- jejune
- languid
- loose
- lukewarm
- meager
- monotonous
- negligent
- poor
- prosaic
- prosy
- puerile
- rambling
- sketchy
- slight
- slipshod
- slipslop
- slovenly
- tame
- trashy
- vapid
- washy
- weak
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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