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| Main Entry: | kick back |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relax |
| Synonyms: | breathe easy, calm down*, catch one's breath, chill out*, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool off, feel at home, hang loose, lie down, loosen up, make oneself at home, mellow out, put one's feet up, recline, rest, settle back, sit around, sit back, take a break, take a breather, take a load off, take it easy, take ten, unwind, wind down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | repose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relax; recline |
| Synonyms: | deposit, lie, loaf, loll, lounge, place, rest, settle, slant, sleep, slumber, stretch, tilt, lay down, lie down, settle down, stretch out, take it easy |
| Antonyms: | energize, be active, be busy |
| Main Entry: | turn in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go to bed |
| Synonyms: | bed, catch some z's, flop*, go to sleep, hit the hay*, hit the sack, lie down, nap, pile in, rest, retire, roll in |
| Antonyms: | awaken, get up, wake |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be or feel at ease |
| Synonyms: | breathe easy, calm, calm down*, collect oneself, compose oneself, cool off, ease off, feel at home, hang loose, knock off*, laze, let oneself go, lie down, loosen up, make oneself at home, put one's feet up, recline, repose, rest, settle back, simmer down*, sit around, sit back, soften, stop work, take a break, take a breather, take it easy, take one's time, take ten, take time out, tranquilize, unbend, unlax, unwind |
| Antonyms: | agitate, excite, tense, worry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be calm; sleep |
| Synonyms: | breathe, doze, dream, idle, lean, let down, let up, loaf, loll, lounge, nap, nod, recline, relax, repose, slack, slacken, slumber, snooze, spell, unwind, be at ease, be comfortable, compose oneself, drowse, ease off, ease up, laze, lie by, lie down, lie still, put feet up, refresh oneself, sit down, slack off, stretch out, take a break, take a nap, take five, take it easy, take life easy, take ten, take time out, unbend, unlax, wind down |
| Antonyms: | activate, carry out, do, energize, be active |
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be overthrown by an enemy; surrender |
| Synonyms: | back down, bend, capitulate, die, drop, give in, go down, go under, obey, perish, resign, slump, submit, succumb, yield, be casualty, be destroyed, be killed, be lost, be taken, defer to, eat dirt, fall to pieces, give up, give way, lie down, pass into enemy hands |
| Antonyms: | advance, attain, overcome, overthrow, reach, win |
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be prostrate, flat |
| Synonyms: | couch, loll, lounge, nap, recline, repose, rest, retire, sleep, sprawl, turn in, be prone, be recumbent, be supine, go to bed, laze, lie down, siesta, stretch out |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Antonyms: | stand, straighten, be upright |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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