KIPS Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

kips 1 of 2

noun

plural of kip

as in beds

a place set aside for sleeping he was in kip when I knocked on the door

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as in naps

chiefly British a short sleep after an afternoon kip, we were ready to sample all the nightlife that London had to offer

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kips

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verb

present tense third-person singular of kip, British

as in rests

to sleep lightly or briefly after a rigorous walk over the Devon moors, I needed to kip down a bit on the daybed

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Noun

Food and drink Breakfast here is enough to tempt you out of the hotel’s marshmallow-soft beds, even after a long night of dancing.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
Polar bears Aleut and Gregor wasted no time and were rolling in the beds of ice cubes after entering their outside enclosure.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026

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Noun

In that dual-collar setup, the Ultra handles off-grid GPS and Callback, while the other Fi tracker adds activity, afternoon naps, and behavior tracking.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 July 2026
Researchers plan to test whether shorter, occasional naps have different effects on the brain over time compared with longer, more frequent ones.

— Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026

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Verb

In its standard stock configuration, an 11-gram weight rests in the back with a 3-gram weight up front for maximum forgiveness and higher launch, though fitters can easily flip the weights to lower spin and create a flatter trajectory.

— Scott Kramer, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Nadella’s conviction on the massive investment rests on software, the backbone of Microsoft.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Definition of rests

Noun

The unit was nearly full, and the only empty spaces were on the top bunks.

— Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Whatever its former luxury, the boat now had cabins crammed with four-person bunks and an atmosphere thick with the scent of unwashed bodies and the steam of rations.

— Kevin Maurer, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026

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