Synonyms of resting

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adjective

as in sleeping

being in a state of suspended consciousness

the resting cat was curled up in my favorite chair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sleeping
• asleep
• dormant
• at rest
• napping
• dozing
• slumbering
• nodding
• dreaming
• slumbrous
• drowsy
• slumberous
• somnolent
• sleepy
• comatose
• reposing
• semiconscious
• hypnotized
• sleepwalking
• somnambulant
• mesmerized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• awake
• sleepless
• wakeful
• aware
• conscious
• wide-awake
• sleepless
• up
• aroused
• revived
• awakened
• roused
• wakened
• astir
• reawakened

resting

2 of 3

noun

as in napping

a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself

the hyena is ready to scavenge again after its brief resting

Synonyms & Similar Words

• napping
• bed
• sleep
• rest
• slumbering
• slumber
• dozing
• nap
• snoozing
• shut-eye
• catnapping
• repose
• zs
• dreaming
• doze
• siesta
• catnap
• drowse
• snooze
• forty winks
• z's
• oversleeping
• wink
• rapid eye movement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• consciousness
• wake
• wakefulness
• insomnia
• sleeplessness

resting

3 of 3

verb

present participle of rest

1

as in basking

to refrain from labor or exertion

a beach resort that caters to gung ho exercisers and athletes as well as vacationers who just want to rest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• basking
• relaxing
• lounging
• reposing
• lolling
• hanging
• kicking back
• loafing
• idling
• hanging around
• bumming
• hanging about
• slacking (off)
• goldbricking
• vegging out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• working
• laboring
• struggling
• striving
• sweating
• toiling
• plowing
• plugging
• straining
• grubbing
• hustling
• slaving
• plodding
• slogging
• pegging (away)
• humping
• exercising
• drudging
• working out
• travailing
• moiling

2

as in dozing

to be in a state of sleep

the patient is currently resting, but as soon as he awakes, I'll tell him you called

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sleeping
• dozing
• napping
• snoozing
• slumbering
• dropping off
• dreaming
• catnapping
• hibernating
• nodding off
• sleeping in
• drowsing (off)
• oversleeping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• arising
• waking
• arousing
• awaking

3

as in basing

to find a basis

you're resting your argument on a faulty premise

Synonyms & Similar Words

• basing
• predicating
• grounding
• hanging
• establishing
• founding
• postulating
• presuming
• assuming
• presupposing
• supposing
• premising