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laid-back

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Relaxed and easy‐going; demonstrating an absence of stress or worry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: easygoing, unconcerned, airy, at ease, at peace, carefree, careless, casual, chill, cool, devil-may-care, easy-breezy, happy-go-lucky, indifferent, insouciant, laid-back, leisurely, lighthearted, loose, mellow, nonchalant, pococurante, relaxed, serene, solute, tranquil, unanxious, unbothered, undisturbed, unruffled, untroubled, unworried, wanton, calm, steady, collected, composed, cool-headed, equable, equanimous, equanimitable, even-keeled, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable, level-headed, pacate, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, phlegmatic, placid, quiescent, quiet, roolie, sedate, still, unexcited, unfazed, unflappable, unflustered, unperturbable, unruffable, untumultuous

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

unhurried and relaxed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a mellow conversation

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: mellow

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From U.S. slang. The verbal phrase lay back is attested from the late 1950s, whereas the adjectival form emerged in print in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Presumably originally a metaphor—literally, “sitting in a tilted‐back chair”, a relaxed posture.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: непринуден (neprinuden) — relaxed and easy-going
  • Czech: pohodový — relaxed and easy-going
  • Estonian: vaoshoitud — relaxed and easy-going
  • Finnish: rento — relaxed and easy-going
  • French: facile à vivre — relaxed and easy-going
  • French: sympathique — relaxed and easy-going
  • French: décontracté — relaxed and easy-going
  • German: locker — relaxed and easy-going
  • German: lässig — relaxed and easy-going
  • German: entspannt — relaxed and easy-going
  • German: unbeschwert — relaxed and easy-going
  • Lithuanian: atsipalaidavęs — relaxed and easy-going
  • Māori: parohe — relaxed and easy-going
  • Māori: pāroherohe — relaxed and easy-going
  • Polish: wyluzowany — relaxed and easy-going
  • Russian: безмятежный (bezmjatežnyj) — relaxed and easy-going
  • Turkish: rahat — relaxed and easy-going
  • Ukrainian: розсла́блений (rozsláblenyj) — relaxed and easy-going
  • Ukrainian: неви́мушений (nevýmušenyj) — relaxed and easy-going