| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inactivity |
Synonyms: |
break, breather, breathing space, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, composure, cutoff, downtime, doze, dreaminess, ease, forty winks, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup, lull, motionlessness, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, siesta, silence, sleep, slumber, somnolence, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, time off, tranquillity, vacation |
Antonyms: |
action, activity, energy |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remainder of something |
Synonyms: |
balance, bottom of barrel, dregs, dross, excess, heel, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, orts, others, overplus, remains, remnant, residual, residue, residum, rump, superfluity, surplus |
Antonyms: |
base, core |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | base, foundation |
Synonyms: |
basis, bed, bottom, footing, ground, groundwork, holder, pedestal, pediment, pillar, prop, seat, seating, shelf, stand, stay, support, trestle |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be calm; sleep |
Synonyms: |
be at ease, be comfortable, breathe, compose oneself, doze, dream, drowse, ease off, ease up, idle, laze, lean, let down, let up, lie by, lie down, lie still, loaf, loll, lounge, nap, nod, put feet up, recline, refresh oneself, relax, repose, sit down, slack, slack off, slacken, slumber, snooze, spell, stretch out, take a break, take a nap, take five, take it easy, take life easy, take ten, take time out, unbend, unlax, unwind, wind down |
Antonyms: |
activate, be active, carry out, do, energize |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie, recline |
Synonyms: |
be quiet, be supported, lay, lean, lie still, loll, lounge, pause, prop, repose, roost, settle, sit, stand, stand still, stretch out |
Antonyms: |
move, stand, walk |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend, hinge |
Synonyms: |
base, be based, be contingent, be dependent, be founded, be seated on, be supported, be upheld, bottom, count, establish, found, ground, hang, lie, predicate, rely, reside, stay, turn |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
at a loose ends, at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor, at leisure, at one's ease, at rest, becalmed, calm, cataleptic, cubatory, deliberate, fixed, hypnagogic, immovable, leisurely, lodged, mawmsey, motionless, moveless, picktooth, quiescent, quiet, recumbent, reposing, restful, semisomnous, silent, sleeping, slow, somnifugous, stagnant, standing still, stationary, still, still as a mouse, still as a post, still as a statue, still as death, stock still, undisturbed, unmoved, unruffled, unstrained, untraveled
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| Main Entry: | abide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop temporarily and wait for |
Synonyms: |
anticipate, bide, expect, linger, pause, remain, rest, sojourn, stay, stick around, stop, tarry, wait |
Antonyms: |
carry on, continue, go, move |
| Main Entry: | balance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money remaining in account |
Synonyms: |
difference, dividend, excess, profit, remainder, residue, rest, surplus |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foundation |
Synonyms: |
basement, basis, bed, bedrock, bottom, foot, footing, ground, groundwork, infrastructure, pedestal, rest, root, seat, seating, stand, substratum, substructure, support, underpinning |
Antonyms: |
top |