Antonyms for strain
streɪnstrain

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strain

   Antonyms:
   calm, calmness, cessation, ease, intermission, pause, peace, peacefulness, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, recreation, repose, rest, sleep, slumber, stay, stillness, stop, tranquillity

   Synonyms:
   agitation, commotion, disquiet, disturbance, excitement, motion, movement, restlessness, rush, stir, toil, tumult, unrest, work

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strain

   Antonyms:
   loosen, relax, remit, slacken, thicken, incrassate, inspissate, befoul

   Synonyms:
   stretch, tighten, force, exert, filter, filtrate, percolate, depurate, purify, clarify, defecate, lixiviate

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Group
   • Biology
   • Cooking
   • Deformation
   • Difficulty
   • Effort
   • Injury
   • Meaning
   • Music
   • Nervousness
   • Physics
   • Psychology
   • Rub
   • Separate
   • Taxonomic Group
   • Variety

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strainnoun

   (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

   Antonyms:
   unlax, relax, loosen up, make relaxed, unstrain, unwind

   Synonyms:
   tune, melody, form, pains, straining, striving, melodic line, stress, breed, tenor, var., air, variant, line, stock, nisus, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, song

2. stress, strainnoun

   difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension

   "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson

   Antonyms:
   loosen up, unstrain, unlax, relax, unwind, make relaxed

   Synonyms:
   tune, melody, focus, pains, straining, melodic line, stress, tenseness, form, breed, tenor, tension, emphasis, var., air, variant, nisus, line, accent, stock, striving, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, song

3. tune, melody, air, strain, melodic line, line, melodic phrasenoun

   a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence

   "she was humming an air from Beethoven"

   Antonyms:
   unlax, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain, relax, loosen up

   Synonyms:
   aviation, personal credit line, cable, business, billet, stemma, tenor, stress, variant, ancestry, agate line, lineage, crinkle, stock, telephone circuit, pains, seam, breeze, bloodline, melodic phrase, air travel, demarcation, course, crease, melodic line, air, zephyr, short letter, nervous strain, line of products, job, assembly line, contrast, nisus, aura, product line, straining, line of work, blood, bank line, line of merchandise, rail line, personal line of credit, form, melody, song, mental strain, dividing line, transmission line, breed, airwave, line of descent, argumentation, channel, logical argument, phone line, furrow, atmosphere, parentage, wrinkle, descent, blood line, gentle wind, tonal pattern, occupation, line of business, var., pedigree, pipeline, line of credit, line, business line, railway line, striving, subscriber line, origin, communication channel, telephone line, credit line, production line, line of reasoning, tune, note, argument

4. strain, mental strain, nervous strainnoun

   (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress

   "his responsibilities were a constant strain"; "the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him"

   Antonyms:
   make relaxed, unstrain, unlax, unwind, relax, loosen up

   Synonyms:
   tune, melody, form, pains, straining, striving, melodic line, stress, breed, tenor, var., air, variant, line, stock, nisus, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, song

5. breed, strain, stocknoun

   a special variety of domesticated animals within a species

   "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep"

   Antonyms:
   make relaxed, loosen up, relax, unlax, unstrain, unwind

   Synonyms:
   neckcloth, parentage, pedigree, gillyflower, striving, breed, melodic line, caudex, straining, fund, inventory, melodic phrase, mental strain, tenor, form, descent, stemma, nervous strain, pains, stock certificate, stock, melody, variant, lineage, livestock, broth, origin, tune, line, line of descent, store, song, gunstock, air, bloodline, stress, ancestry, var., nisus, farm animal, blood, blood line

6. form, variant, strain, var.noun

   (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups

   "a new strain of microorganisms"

   Antonyms:
   loosen up, unwind, unstrain, make relaxed, unlax, relax

   Synonyms:
   course, air, figure, flesh, breed, song, frame, shape, kind, conformation, striving, sort, chassis, physical body, straining, chance variable, soma, variation, discrepancy, human body, melodic phrase, mental strain, tenor, contour, grade, cast, form, mannikin, mannequin, physique, phase, melodic line, variance, word form, version, stochastic variable, stock, configuration, class, nervous strain, variant, variate, tune, pattern, bod, signifier, melody, edition, pains, descriptor, line, manikin, variety, stress, anatomy, var., random variable, nisus, material body, manakin, build

7. strainnoun

   injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain

   Antonyms:
   unstrain, loosen up, make relaxed, unlax, relax, unwind

   Synonyms:
   tune, melody, form, pains, straining, striving, melodic line, stress, breed, tenor, var., air, variant, line, stock, nisus, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, song

8. tenor, strainnoun

   the general meaning or substance of an utterance

   "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument"

   Antonyms:
   unwind, unlax, unstrain, loosen up, make relaxed, relax

   Synonyms:
   tune, melody, form, pains, straining, melodic line, stress, breed, tenor, var., air, variant, nisus, line, tenor voice, stock, striving, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, song

9. striving, nisus, pains, strainnoun

   an effortful attempt to attain a goal

   Antonyms:
   make relaxed, unlax, unwind, relax, loosen up, unstrain

   Synonyms:
   tune, pains, melody, form, breed, straining, striving, melodic line, stress, nisus, tenor, var., air, variant, line, stock, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, song

10. strain, strainingnoun

    an intense or violent exertion

    Antonyms:
    relax, loosen up, unstrain, unwind, unlax, make relaxed

    Synonyms:
    tune, melody, form, pains, straining, striving, melodic line, stress, breed, tenor, twisting, torture, var., air, variant, distortion, overrefinement, line, stock, nisus, nervous strain, melodic phrase, mental strain, song

11. song, strainverb

    the act of singing

    "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates"

    Antonyms:
    unlax, relax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed, unstrain

    Synonyms:
    tune, vocal, form, pains, straining, melody, stress, breed, tenor, var., air, variant, melodic phrase, line, call, nisus, melodic line, birdcall, stock, striving, nervous strain, birdsong, mental strain, song

12. strive, reach, strainverb

    to exert much effort or energy

    "straining our ears to hear"

    Antonyms:
    unlax, unstrain, unwind, make relaxed, relax, loosen up

    Synonyms:
    touch, strive, progress to, try, hit, arrive at, pass on, attain, filter out, sift, reach, sieve, puree, get hold of, make, extend, get to, gain, give, distort, filter, separate out, achieve, endeavour, pass, deform, reach out, tense up, turn over, accomplish, contact, endeavor, tense, filtrate, stress, extend to, get through, hand

13. try, strain, stressverb

    test the limits of

    "You are trying my patience!"

    Antonyms:
    relax, unwind, unstrain, loosen up, make relaxed, unlax

    Synonyms:
    punctuate, strive, tense up, deform, try, sample, essay, filter out, test, try out, sift, reach, sieve, puree, examine, extend, seek, try on, filter, accentuate, separate out, adjudicate, render, prove, emphasise, distort, judge, taste, filtrate, attempt, accent, tense, stress, hear, assay, emphasize

14. strain, extendverb

    use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

    "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much"

    Antonyms:
    make relaxed, unstrain, loosen up, unlax, relax, unwind

    Synonyms:
    strive, deform, try, widen, run, filter out, lead, continue, sift, reach, sieve, poke out, extend, protract, stretch out, draw out, offer, put out, carry, go, separate out, stretch, stretch forth, pass, filter, reach out, distort, unfold, exsert, filtrate, gallop, expand, cover, prolong, tense, stress, tense up, hold out, broaden, puree

15. sift, sieve, strainverb

    separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements

    "sift the flour"

    Antonyms:
    loosen up, unstrain, relax, make relaxed, unwind, unlax

    Synonyms:
    screen, separate out, reach, filter out, tense up, stress, puree, tense, screen out, try, sift, filter, extend, strive, sieve, filtrate, sort, distort, deform

16. tense, strain, tense upverb

    cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious

    "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up"

    Antonyms:
    make relaxed, unwind, loosen up, relax, unstrain, unlax

    Synonyms:
    sieve, separate out, reach, filter out, tense up, stress, puree, tense, try, sift, filter, extend, distort, strive, filtrate, deform

17. strain, tenseverb

    become stretched or tense or taut

    "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was attached"

    Antonyms:
    unlax, unstrain, make relaxed, relax, loosen up, unwind

    Synonyms:
    sieve, separate out, filter out, tense up, reach, puree, tense, try, sift, filter, extend, distort, strive, filtrate, deform, stress

18. filter, filtrate, strain, separate out, filter outverb

    remove by passing through a filter

    "filter out the impurities"

    Antonyms:
    unstrain, make relaxed, unwind, relax, unlax, loosen up

    Synonyms:
    sift, separate out, reach, filter out, tense up, dribble, permeate, sink in, tense, try, filter, extend, puree, distort, strive, percolate, filtrate, trickle, sieve, deform, stress

19. puree, strainverb

    rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender

    "puree the vegetables for the baby"

    Antonyms:
    unwind, loosen up, relax, unlax, unstrain, make relaxed

    Synonyms:
    sieve, separate out, reach, filter out, tense up, stress, puree, tense, try, sift, filter, extend, distort, strive, filtrate, deform

20. deform, distort, strainverb

    alter the shape of (something) by stress

    "His body was deformed by leprosy"

    Antonyms:
    relax, unwind, unlax, unstrain, make relaxed, loosen up

    Synonyms:
    turn, warp, try, stress, filter out, tense up, reach, wring, bend, tense, extend, color, twist, sift, separate out, filter, colour, falsify, puree, garble, strive, filtrate, deform, twine, tinge, contort, flex, sieve, change shape, change form, distort

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. strainnoun

   Synonyms:
   pedigree, race, lineage, extraction, sort, kind, overexertion, effort, tension, intension, tune, melody, style, manner

2. strainverb

   Synonyms:
   stretch, tighten, sprain, wrench, percolate, filter, defecate, filtrate, overtask, overwork

How to use strain in a sentence?

1. Nitesh Paryani:

   Delta is just ripping through the hospitals in ways that we couldn't have imagined and the strain it's causing on the health care system is unimaginable.

2. Rochelle Walensky:

   Although we expected the Delta variant to become the dominant strain in the United States, this rapid rise is troubling.

3. Adam Levitt:

   This pandemic has already placed tremendous financial strain on many of Liberty's students and their families.

4. Kim Jong:

   I have no strain with State Mike Pompeo. No, I have a very good relationship with State Mike Pompeo.

5. Nicolas Robin:

   Prices below $80 are putting significant strain on the cartel's weakest members such as Venezuela.

How to pronounce strain?

How to say strain in sign language?

Words popularity by usage frequency