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repose - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: repose
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: restfulness; calm
Synonyms: ease, inaction, leisure, peace, quiet, refreshment, relaxation, renewal, respite, rest, restoration, sleep, slumber, stillness, inactivity, quietness, quietude, relaxing, requiescence, tranquillity
Antonyms: agitation, disturbance, upset, worry
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
Concept Thesaurus
Synonyms:
-nouns
repose, rest, silken repose; sleep [more]., relaxation, breathing time; halt, stay, pause (cessation) [more]; respite., day of rest, dies non, Sabbath, Lord's day, holiday, red-letter day, vacation, recess.
-verbs
repose; rest, rest and be thankful; take a rest, take one's ease., relax, unbend, slacken; take breath (refresh) [more]; rest upon one's oars; pause (cease) [more]; stay one's hand., lie down; recline, recline on a bed of down, recline on an easy chair; go to rest, go to bed, go to sleep [more]., take a holiday, shut up shop; lie fallow (inaction) [more].
-adjectives
reposing; unstrained.
-adverbs
at rest.
-phrases
"the best of men have ever loved repose" [Thompson]; "to repair our nature with comforting repose" [Henry VIII].
Antonyms: exertion
Main Entry: calm
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: quietness, composure
Synonyms: calmness, doldrums, hush, lull, patience, peace, peace of mind, quiet, repose, rest, restraint, serenity, silence, stillness, stoicism, tranquility, dispassion, impassivity, imperturbation, peacefulness, placidity
Antonyms: agitation, anger, madness, restlessness, terror, turbulence, violence, storminess
Main Entry: composure
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: calmness, collectedness
Synonyms: accord, aplomb, assurance, balance, calm, contentment, control, cool*, coolness, dignity, ease, equanimity, equilibrium, evenness, fortitude, harmony, moderation, nonchalance, peace of mind, poise, polish, presence of mind, quiet, repose, sang-froid, self-assurance, self-control, self-possession, serenity, sobriety, stability, tranquility, cool head, coolheadedness, dispassion, even temper, imperturbability, inexcitability, levelheadedness, placidity, quietude, sedateness
Antonyms: agitation, excitement, upset, arousal, discomposure, perturbedness
Main Entry: consist
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exist, reside
Synonyms: abide, be, dwell, lie, repose, rest, subsist, be contained in, be expressed by, be found in, inhere
Main Entry: death
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: end of life
Synonyms: afterlife, bereavement, casualty, cessation, curtains*, darkness, decease, demise, departure, destruction, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, eradication, euthanasia, exit, expiration, extinction, fatality, finish, grave, grim reaper*, heaven, loss, mortality, oblivion, paradise, parting, passing, quietus, release, repose, ruin, silence, sleep, termination, tomb, annihilation, eternal rest, extermination, finis, necrosis, obliteration, passing over, ruination
Antonyms: being, birth, entity, existence, life, living
Main Entry: deposit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: locate, put in place for safekeeping
Synonyms: accumulate, amass, bank, collect, commit, deliver, ditch, drop, entrust, garner, hoard, install, invest, keep, lay, park, place, plant*, plunk*, precipitate, repose, rest, salt away*, save, settle, squirrel away*, store, stow, transfer, treasure, give in trust, lay away, plop, plunk down, put aside, put by, sit down, sock away, stash, stock up
Antonyms: take away, take out
Main Entry: downtime
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: time during which an activity is stopped
Synonyms: break, breathing spell, free time, freedom, halt, interim, interlude, intermission, letup, lull, pause, recess, repose, respite, rest, spare time, spell, stay, suspension, time on one's hands, time out, time to burn, time to kill
Main Entry: leisure
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: free time and its activities
Synonyms: chance, convenience, ease, freedom, holiday, idle hours, intermission, leave of absence, liberty, one's own sweet time, opportunity, pause, quiet, range, recess, recreation, relaxation, repose, requiescence, respite, rest, retirement, sabbatical, scope, spare moments, spare time, time, time off*, unemployment, vacant hour, vacation
Antonyms: employment, work
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
Main Entry: quiet
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: calmness, silence
Synonyms: calm, cessation, ease, hush, lull, peace, relaxation, repose, rest, serenity, still, stillness, stop, termination, dead air, noiselessness, quietness, quietude, soundlessness, speechlessness, tranquillity
Notes: quiet (noun) is the absence of sound - (verb) to make calm, still, or quiet - (adjective) free of noise or uproar or making little if any sound; quite means to the greatest extent or actually, really, or truly
Antonyms: clamor, clangor, noise, loudness
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: recreation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sports, games, special interests
Synonyms: R and R*, amusement, avocation, ball*, disport, dissipation, distraction, diversion, ease, enjoyment, entertainment, exercise, festivity, frolic, fun, game, hilarity, hobby, holiday, jollity, mirth, pastime, picnic, play, playtime, pleasure, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, rollick, sport, vacation, divertissement, field day, fun and games, laughs, leisure activity, rec
Antonyms: labor, profession, work
Main Entry: relaxation
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: entertainment; resting or recovering
Synonyms: amusement, diversion, enjoyment, fun, leisure, mitigation, pleasure, reclining, recreation, refreshment, relief, repose, rest, alleviation, assuagement, loosening, requiescence
Antonyms: labor, work, intensification
Main Entry: sleep
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: suspension of consciousness
Synonyms: bedtime, catnap, coma, dormancy, doze, dream, dullness, few z's, forty winks*, hibernation, lethargy, nap, nod, repose, rest, sack time, sandman, shuteye, siesta, slumber, slumberland, snooze, torpidity, torpor, trance
Antonyms: awakening, consciousness, wakefulness
Main Entry: sleep
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: suspend consciousness
Synonyms: bed down, bunk*, catch a wink, catch forty winks, catnap, conk out*, cop some z's, crash*, doze, dream, drop off*, drowse, fall asleep, fall out*, flop*, hibernate, hit the hay*, hit the sack, languish, nap, nod, nod off, oversleep, relax, repose, rest, retire, sack out, saw wood, slumber, snooze, snore, take a nap, turn in*, yawn, zonk out, zzz
Antonyms: wake, waken
Main Entry: slumber
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: sleep
Synonyms: coma, doze, forty winks*, languor, lethargy, nap, repose, rest, snooze, stupor, torpor, dormancy, drowse, inactivity, sack time, shut-eye
Antonyms: awakening, consciousness, wakefulness
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: tact
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: finesse, thoughtfulness
Synonyms: acumen, acuteness, address, adroitness, amenity, care, common sense, consideration, control, courtesy, delicacy, diplomacy, discernment, discretion, discrimination, gallantry, head, horse sense*, intelligence, judgment, penetration, perception, perspicacity, poise, policy, presence, prudence, refinement, repose, savoir faire, sensitivity, skill, smoothness, suavity, subtlety, understanding, aptness, delicatesse, good taste, politicness, tactfulness, urbanity
Antonyms: carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness, tactlessness
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