Hyphenation of relax

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word relax? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

re-lax

Definitions of relax:

1.	Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease He relaxed in the hot tub Let's all relax after a hard day's work
2.	Make less taut Relax the tension on the rope
3.	Become loose or looser or less tight The noose loosened The rope relaxed
4.	Cause to feel relaxed A hot bath always relaxes me
5.	Become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner Our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group
6.	Make less severe or strict The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught
7.	Become less severe or strict The rules relaxed after the new director arrived
8.	Make less active or fast He slackened his pace as he got tired Don't relax your efforts now

Synonyms of relax:

verb	loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down, change state, turn
verb	unbend, loosen, loose
verb	loosen, loose, weaken
verb	unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed, affect
verb	loosen up, act, behave, do
verb	loosen, change, alter, modify
verb	loosen, change
verb	slack, slacken, slack up, decrease, lessen, minify

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.