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| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inactivity |
| Synonyms: | break, breather*, breathing space*, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, composure, downtime*, doze, ease, forty winks*, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup*, lull, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, silence, sleep, slumber, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, time off, vacation, cutoff, dreaminess, motionlessness, quietude, siesta, somnolence, tranquillity |
| Antonyms: | action, activity, energy |
* = 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: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | remainder of something |
| Synonyms: | balance, dregs, dross, excess, heel, odds and ends*, remains, remnant, residual, residue, rump, superfluity, surplus, bottom of barrel, leavings, leftovers, orts, others, overplus, residum |
| Antonyms: | base, core |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lie, recline |
| Synonyms: | lay, lean, loll, lounge, pause, prop, repose, roost, settle, sit, stand, be quiet, be supported, lie still, stand still, stretch out |
| Antonyms: | move, stand, walk |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | base, foundation |
| Synonyms: | basis, bed, bottom, footing, ground, groundwork, pedestal, pillar, prop, seat, seating, shelf, stand, stay, support, trestle, holder, pediment |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend, hinge |
| Synonyms: | base, bottom, count, establish, found, ground, hang, lie, predicate, rely, reside, stay, turn, be based, be contingent, be dependent, be founded, be seated on, be supported, be upheld |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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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: | base |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | build plan or opinion on |
| Synonyms: | construct, depend, derive, establish, found, ground, hinge, locate, plant, predicate, prop, rest, set up, station, stay |
| 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: | cessation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending |
| Synonyms: | abeyance, arrest, break, breather*, cease, close, conclusion, discontinuance, downtime*, end, finish, freeze*, halt, halting, hiatus, intermission, interruption, interval, layoff*, pause, recess, remission, respite, rest, standstill, stay, stop, stoppage, suspension, termination, time off, time-out*, break-off, ceasing, cutoff, desistance, grinding halt, let-up, screaming halt |
| Antonyms: | beginning, commencement, start |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | complement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | companion, counterpart |
| Synonyms: | accompaniment, addition, aggregate, augmentation, balance, capacity, completion, consummation, correlate, counterpart, enhancement, enrichment, entirety, quota, remainder, rest, supplement, total, totality, correlative, filler, finishing touch, makeweight, pendant, rounding-off |
| Notes: | complement is 'to complete, round out' and compliment is 'to praise or admire' and as a noun it is an expression of praise or admiration complement means an addition will serve to complete something or form with it to make a whole while a supplement is an addition to something already regarded as complete or whole; complement can also mean 'the full quantity, number, or amount' |
| 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: | cushion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pillow, pad |
| Synonyms: | bolster, buffer, fender, hassock, mat, rest, seat, sham, beanbag, bumper, headrest, squab, woolsack |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | dwell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | live in |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bunk*, continue, crash*, establish oneself, exist, flop*, hang one's hat, hang out*, hole up*, inhabit, keep house, locate, lodge, make one's home, nest, occupy, park*, perch*, pitch tent, quarter, remain, rent, reside, rest, room, roost*, settle, sojourn, squat*, stay, stop, tarry, tenant, tent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equilibrium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | balance; evenness |
| Synonyms: | calm, calmness, composure, cool, coolness, counterbalance, counterpoise, equanimity, poise, polish, rest, serenity, stability, symmetry, equipoise, stasis, steadiness, steadying |
| Antonyms: | imbalance, unevenness |
| Main Entry: | gap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | break, breach |
| Synonyms: | aperture, arroyo, blank, caesura, canyon, chasm, cleft, crack, cranny, crevice, cut, defile, difference, disagreement, disparity, divergence, divide, division, fracture, gorge, gulch, gully, hiatus, hole, hollow, inconsistency, interlude, intermission, interruption, interstice, interval, lacuna, lull, notch, opening, orifice, pause, ravine, recess, rent, respite, rest, rift, rupture, separation, slit, slot, space, vacuity, void, clove, discontinuity, interspace |
| Antonyms: | closure |
| Main Entry: | hinge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be contingent on |
| Synonyms: | depend, hang, pend, pivot, rest, turn, turn on, be subject to, be undecided, revolve around, stand on |
| Main Entry: | impasse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stalemate |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, box*, cessation, corner*, cul-de-sac*, dead end, deadlock, dilemma, fix, gridlock, jam, mire*, morass*, pause, pickle*, plight, predicament, quandary, rest, scrape*, standoff, standstill |
| Antonyms: | agreement, breakthrough |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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