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relaxative

relaxative adjective: having the quality of relaxing; relaxing or laxative.

Adjective

relaxative (not comparable)

  1. Having the quality of relaxing; relaxing or laxative.

Noun

relaxative (plural relaxatives)

  1. A relaxant.
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Forms of relaxative

pluralrelaxatives

Origin of relaxative

From relax + -ative.

Questions about relaxative

What does relaxative mean?
Relaxative means having the quality of relaxing; relaxing or laxative.
What part of speech is relaxative?
Relaxative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near relaxative in the dictionary

  1. relaxation
  2. relaxation time
  3. relaxation times
  4. relaxational
  5. relaxations
  6. relaxative
  7. relaxatives
  8. relaxator
  9. relaxators
  10. relaxatory
  11. relaxed

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