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| Main Entry: | recline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie down |
| Synonyms: | cant, heel, lean, lie, list, loll, lounge, repose, rest, slant, slope, sprawl, stretch, tilt, tip, be recumbent, lay down, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | straighten, sit up |
| Main Entry: | cant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lean, slant |
| Synonyms: | angle, bevel, careen, grade, heel, incline, list, recline, rise, slope, tilt, tip |
| 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: | loll |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lay sprawled |
| Synonyms: | bum, dangle, dawdle, droop, drop, flap, flop, goof off, hang, idle, lean, loaf, loiter, lounge, recline, relax, rest, sag, slouch, slump, sprawl, hang loose, laze |
| Antonyms: | sit up straight |
| Main Entry: | lounge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie about, waste time |
| Synonyms: | bum*, dawdle, goof off*, idle, kill time*, loaf, loiter, loll*, recline, relax, repose, saunter, sprawl, fritter away, goldbrick, laze, pass time, take it easy |
| Antonyms: | do, hustle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slant, tilt |
| Synonyms: | angle, ascend, bank, bevel, cant, descend, dip, drop, fall, heel, incline, lean, list, pitch, rake, recline, rise, shelve, skew, tip, drop away, splay |
| Antonyms: | even, level |
| Main Entry: | sprawl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sit or lie spread out |
| Synonyms: | drape, extend, flop, lie, loll, lounge, ramble, recline, sit, slouch, slump, spread, straddle, straggle, stretch, trail, lie spread-eagle |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | stretch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extend, elongate |
| Synonyms: | amplify, bridge, cover, develop, distend, drag out, draw, draw out, expand, fill, go, grow, inflate, lengthen, magnify, make, open, overlap, pad, prolong, protract, pull, pull out, pyramid, rack, range, reach, recline, repose, run, span, spread, strain, swell, tighten, unfold, unroll, widen, branch out, burst forth, crane, lie out, make taut, make tense, prolongate, shoot up, spin out, spread out, spring up, string out, tauten |
| Antonyms: | compress, concentrate |
| Main Entry: | lean |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, angle toward |
| Synonyms: | bear on, bow, cant, careen, cock, curve, decline, deflect, dip, divert, drift, droop, hang on, heel, incline, jut, list, nod, overhang, pitch, place, prop, recline, repose, rest, roll, sag, sheer, sink, slant, slope, tilt, tip, turn, twist, veer, be off, be slanted, beetle, fasten on, put weight on, rest on |
| Notes: | lean means thin or without excess fat or containing little excess, while a lien is the right to take or sell another's property if an obligation is not met |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| 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: | tilt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lean, slant |
| Synonyms: | bend, cant, careen, dip, heel, incline, list, lurch, pitch, rake, recline, seesaw, shift, slope, slouch, swag, sway, tip, turn, yaw, set at an angle |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | tip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock over; cause to lean |
| Synonyms: | bend, cant, capsize, careen, dump, empty, heel, incline, lean, list, overturn, pour, recline, shift, slant, slope, spill, tilt, topple, turn over, unload, upset, upturn, overset, topple over, upend |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | incline |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, lean |
| Synonyms: | aim, bevel, bow, cant, cock, deviate, diverge, heel, lay, level, list, lower, nod, point, recline, skew, slant, slope, stoop, tend, tilt, tip, train, turn, veer, yaw |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | stand, straighten, be upright |
| Main Entry: | list |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lean, slant |
| Synonyms: | cant, careen, heel, incline, pitch, recline, slope, tilt, tip |
| Antonyms: | lie, straighten |
| Main Entry: | unwind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relax |
| Synonyms: | calm down*, recline, rest, ease off*, loosen up, quiet down, quieten, sit back, slow down, take a break, take it easy, wind down |
| Antonyms: | agitate, prepare, ready |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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