STRAIGHT-LACED Antonyms

• free of trouble and worry and care

• cheerfully irresponsible

• marked by blithe unconcern

• without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand

• appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions

• occurring or appearing or singled out by chance

• hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough

• occurring on a temporary or irregular basis

• characterized by a feeling of irresponsibility

• natural and unstudied

• not showing effort or strain

• not hurried or forced

• not burdensome or demanding; borne or done easily and without hardship

• relaxed and informal in attitude or standards

• unhurried and relaxed

• tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition

• a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the protection of civil liberties

• a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self-regulating markets

• showing or characterized by broad-mindedness

• having political or social views favoring reform and progress

• given or giving freely

• not literal

• in a mellow manner

• unhurried and relaxed

• having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging

• softened through age or experience

• slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

• soften, make mellow

• become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial

• make or grow (more) mellow

• marked by blithe unconcern

• ready to entertain new ideas

• without strain or anxiety

• not inhibited or restrained