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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
Main Entry: pause
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wait, delay

Synonyms:

break it up, call time, catch one's breath, cease, come to standstill, deliberate, desist, discontinue, drop, halt, hesitate, hold back, interrupt, put on hold, reflect, rest, shake, sideline, stop briefly, suspend, take a break, take a breather, take five, take ten, think twice, waver

Antonyms:

continue, persist, restart
Main Entry: recess
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stop action

Synonyms:

adjourn, break off, break up, call time, dissolve, drop, drop it, pigeonhole, prorogate, prorogue, put on hold, rise, shake, sideline, take a break, take a breather, take five, take ten, terminate

Antonyms:

continue
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
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: unwind
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: relax

Synonyms:

calm down, ease off, loosen up, quiet down, quieten, recline, rest, sit back, slow down, take a break, take it easy, wind down

Antonyms:

agitate, prepare, ready
Main Entry: catch one's breath
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take a short break

Synonyms:

breathe, ease off, mellow out, recuperate, relax, rest, sit down, slow down, stop for a breath, take a break, take ten, wind down
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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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