de-stress
verb
ˈdē-ˈstres 
de-stressed; de-stressing; de-stresses
intransitive verb
: to release bodily or mental tension : unwind
Synonyms
- chill
- chill out [slang]
- decompress
- loosen up
- mellow (out)
- relax
- unwind
- wind down
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Word History
First Known Use
1979, in the meaning defined above
de-stress
verb
as in to relax
to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety he watches classic movie comedies as a way to de-stress Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- relax
- unwind
- chill
- decompress
- rest
- wind down
- loosen up
- hang loose
- chill out
- compose
- bask
- mellow (out)
- calm
- unbend
- relieve
- alleviate
- comfort
- settle
- lounge
- repose
- ease
- vegetate
- laze
- idle
- kick back
- cool
- quiet
- dillydally
- loll
- bum
- dawdle
- zone out
- loaf
- drone
- veg out
- footle
- goof (off)
- dally
- hack (around)
- hang (around or out)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- tense (up)
- sterilizable
- sterilization
- sterilizations
- sterilize
- sterilized
- sterilizer
- sterilizers
- sterilizes
- sterilizing
- sterilsatia
- sterilsations
- sterk
- Sterkfontein ape-man
- sterlet
- sterlets
- sterling
- sterling area
- sterling bloc
- Sterling Heights
- sterlinger
- sterlingest
- sterlingly
- sterlingness
- sterlingnesses
- sterlings