- laxative⇄adj. 1. helping to empty the bowels; mildly purgative.
2. having the property of relaxing.
3. (Obsolete.) unable to contain one's speech or emotions.
Ex. Fellowes of practis'd and most laxative tongues (Ben Jonson). - laxative⇄adv. laxatively.
- laxative⇄laxative, noun, adjective.
- laxative⇄noun a medicine that speeds the emptying of the bowels.
- laxative⇄noun laxativeness.