rest - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

Synonyms

• ease
• relaxation
• repose
• rest

More generic

• inactivity

More specific

• bed rest
• bedrest
• dormancy
• laziness
• leisure
• lie-in
• quiescence
• quiescency
• sleeping

Noun

a support on which things can be put

Synonyms

• rest

More generic

• support

More specific

• armrest
• chin rest
• headrest

Noun

a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration

Synonyms

• rest

More generic

• musical notation

More specific

• half rest
• quarter rest
• whole rest

Noun

something left after other parts have been taken away

Synonyms

• balance
• remainder
• residual
• residue
• residuum
• rest

More generic

• component
• component part
• constituent
• part
• portion

More specific

• leftover
• remnant

Noun

euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

Synonyms

• eternal rest
• eternal sleep
• quietus
• rest
• sleep

More generic

• death

Noun

a state of inaction

Synonyms

• rest

More generic

• inaction
• inactiveness
• inactivity

Noun

a pause for relaxation

Synonyms

• relief
• respite
• rest
• rest period

More generic

• break
• intermission
• interruption
• pause
• suspension

More specific

• breath
• breather
• breathing place
• breathing space
• breathing spell
• breathing time

Verb

be at rest

Synonyms

• rest

More generic

• recline
• recumb
• repose

Opposite / Antonyms

• be active

More specific

• catch some Z's
• drowse
• kip
• log Z's
• sleep
• slumber

Verb

stay the same; remain in a certain state

Synonyms

• remain
• rest
• stay

More generic

• be

More specific

• be
• keep
• keep out
• sit tight
• stand
• stay fresh
• stay together
• stick together

Verb

take a short break from one's activities in order to relax

Synonyms

• breathe
• catch one's breath
• rest
• take a breather

More generic

• break
• intermit
• pause

Verb

give a rest to

Synonyms

• rest

More specific

• blow

Also See

• rest

Verb

rest on or as if on a pillow

Synonyms

• pillow
• rest

More generic

• lay
• place
• pose
• position
• put
• set

Verb

sit, as on a branch

Synonyms

• perch
• rest
• roost

More generic

• sit
• sit down

Verb

not move; be in a resting position

Synonyms

• rest

More generic

• be

Also See

• rest on

More specific

• kneel
• stand
• stand up

Verb

put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying

Synonyms

• rest

More generic

• lay
• place
• pose
• position
• put
• set

Verb

be inactive, refrain from acting

Synonyms

• rest

More specific

• hibernate

Verb

be inherent or innate in

Synonyms

• repose
• reside
• rest

More generic

• attach to
• inhere in

Verb

have a place in relation to something else

Synonyms

• lie
• rest

More generic

• be

Related

• lie

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