sit back

VERB

kick back

Synonyms

STRONGEST

lie down recline take it easy unwind

WEAK

breathe easy calm down catch one's breath chill out collect oneself compose oneself cool off feel at home hang loose loosen up make oneself at home mellow out put one's feet up rest settle back sit around take a break take a breather take a load off take ten wind down

VERB

relax

Synonyms

STRONGEST

calm lie down loosen up recline soften unwind

STRONG

laze repose rest tranquilize unbend unlax

WEAK

breathe easy calm down collect oneself compose oneself cool off ease off feel at home hang loose knock off let oneself go make oneself at home put one's feet up settle back simmer down sit around stop work take a break take a breather take it easy take one's time take ten take time out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

agitate irritate worry

STRONG

be active energize

WEAK

excite grow increase tense

VERB

unwind

Synonyms

STRONGEST

take it easy

STRONG

quieten recline rest

WEAK

calm down ease off loosen up quiet down slow down take a break wind down

Antonyms

WEAK

agitate prepare ready tangle twist wind

Example Sentences

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All we have to do is sit back and hear him out.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2026

“We are not going to sit back and just say we will never sell the Bitcoin,” Le added.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Davji Bhimji Atellah, KMPDU's secretary general, said the union "will not sit back and watch Kenya be treated as a containment colony for a lethal pathogen that we did not generate."

From BBC • May 29, 2026

But the flip side is also false — that you need only sit back and do nothing, and you’ll get rich.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

Our close friend Elizabeth Alexander, the poet who’d written a poem for Barack's first inauguration, spoke to the class, which meant that Barack and I got to sit back and just feel.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

sit back

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