lax (n.)
- alveolar
- back
- backward
- bagging
- barytone
- bilabial
- broad
- central
- chance
- chancy
- clement
- close
- consonant
- continuant
- dangling
- delinquent
- dental
- derelict
- do-nothing
- ease
- easy
- faineant
- flapping
- flat
- flimsy
- floppy
- freethinking
- front
- general
- gentle
- glide
- glossal
- good-for-nothing
- guttural
- hanging
- hard
- heavy
- high
- labial
- labiodental
- laggard
- lagging
- lateral
- latitudinarian
- liberal
- libertarian
- libertine
- light
- limp
- lingering
- lingual
- liquid
- low
- mid
- moderate
- narrow
- nasal
- occlusive
- open
- oxytone
- palatal
- patient
- pharyngeal
- pitch
- remiss
- rubbery
- semivowel
- shuffling
- slack
- slow
- sonant
- streaming
- strong
- suffering
- surd
- sweeping
- tender
- tense
- thick
- tonic
- vague
- velar
- vowel
- wanton
- weak
- wild
lax (v.)
lax (adj.)
- abandoned
- accented
- accepting
- admissive
- aleatory
- alveolar
- amorphous
- apical
- approximate
- approximative
- articulated
- back
- backward
- bagging
- baggy
- behindhand
- bilabial
- blurred
- blurry
- bone-lazy
- broad
- broad-minded
- cacuminal
- careless
- central
- cerebral
- chance
- chancy
- chaotic
- checked
- clement
- close
- compassionate
- confused
- consenting
- consonant
- consonantal
- continuant
- delinquent
- dental
- derelict
- dilatory
- disordered
- do-nothing
- dorsal
- drooping
- ease
- easy
- easygoing
- faineant
- flabby
- flaccid
- flat
- flimsy
- floppy
- foggy
- forbearing
- forgetful
- forgiving
- front
- fuzzy
- general
- gentle
- glossal
- glottal
- good-for-nothing
- guttural
- hanging
- hard
- hazy
- heavy
- high
- hit-or-miss
- humane
- ill-defined
- immoderate
- impotent
- imprecise
- inaccurate
- inadvertent
- inattentive
- inchoate
- incoherent
- incontinent
- incorrect
- indecisive
- indefinable
- indefinite
- indeterminable
- indeterminate
- indifferent
- indistinct
- indolent
- indulgent
- inexact
- intemperate
- irrepressible
- labial
- lackadaisical
- laggard
- lagging
- laissez-faire
- lateral
- latitudinarian
- lazy
- lenient
- liberal
- libertarian
- libertine
- licentious
- light
- limp
- lingual
- liquid
- loose
- low
- merciful
- mid
- mild
- moderate
- muted
- narrow
- nasal
- neglectful
- negligent
- nonaggressive
- nonrestrictive
- nonspecific
- oblivious
- obscure
- occlusive
- off-guard
- open
- open-minded
- overindulgent
- palatal
- palatalized
- parasitic
- patient
- permissive
- pharyngeal
- phonemic
- phonetic
- phonic
- pitched
- promiscuous
- rampant
- random
- regardless
- relaxed
- remiss
- retroflex
- rickety
- riotous
- rounded
- rubbery
- shadowy
- shaky
- shapeless
- shiftless
- slack
- slighting
- slipshod
- sloppy
- slothful
- slow
- sluggish
- soft
- sonant
- stochastic
- stopped
- streaming
- stressed
- strong
- suffering
- surd
- sweeping
- syllabic
- tender
- tense
- thick
- throaty
- tolerant
- tonal
- tonic
- unaccented
- unbigoted
- unbridled
- unchecked
- unclear
- uncoerced
- unconstrained
- uncontrolled
- uncurbed
- undefined
- undetermined
- unenterprising
- unforced
- ungoverned
- unguarded
- uninhibited
- unmeasured
- unmindful
- unrepressed
- unreserved
- unrestrained
- unrestrictive
- unruly
- unspecified
- unstressed
- unsubdued
- unsuppressed
- unwary
- unwatchful
- vague
- veiled
- velar
- vocalic
- voiced
- voiceless
- vowellike
- wanton
- wayward
- weak
- wide
- wild
- work-shy
Lax in their gaiters, laxer in their gait.
