Synonyms of reposing

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adjective

1

as in reclining

Related Words

• reclining
• recumbent
• horizontal
• flat
• prone
• prostrate

Dissimilar Words

• supine
• standing
• vertical
• erect
• upright
• raised
• upstanding

2

as in nodding

Related Words

• nodding
• dreaming
• resting
• sleeping
• slumberous
• somnolent
• drowsy
• dormant
• hypnotized
• sleepy
• comatose
• slumbering
• dozing
• napping
• asleep
• semiconscious
• mesmerized
• somnambulant
• sleepwalking

Dissimilar Words

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

reposing

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verb (1)

present participle of repose

1

as in lurking

to remain out of sight

a little-explored region beneath which vast mineral reserves are said to repose

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lurking
• lying
• hiding
• skulking
• slinking
• lying low
• sneaking
• holing up
• evading
• avoiding
• eluding
• sitting tight

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• appearing
• coming out
• showing up
• turning up
• materializing

2

as in resting

to refrain from labor or exertion

reposed in the Caribbean sun, enjoying her break from the world of work

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

reposing

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verb (2)

present participle of repose

as in handing

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another

the Constitution reposes the power to declare war to Congress, and to that body alone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• handing
• leaving
• entrusting
• transferring
• giving
• delegating
• delivering
• relinquishing
• confiding
• trusting
• passing
• commending
• transmitting
• consigning
• recommending
• granting
• committing
• loaning
• vesting
• conferring
• turning over
• bequeathing
• lending
• assigning
• handing over
• distributing
• dividing
• submitting
• giving over
• furnishing
• dispersing
• dispensing
• supplying
• dealing (out)
• yielding
• surrendering
• releasing
• turning in
• advancing
• willing
• handing in
• handing down
• handing on
• recommitting
• redelivering
• retransferring
• retransmitting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• holding
• keeping
• retaining
• reserving
• possessing
• receiving
• withholding
• owning
• accepting
• taking
• occupying
• detaining
• holding back
• taking in
• taking over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of reposing

Verb

The sweet mother-son photo shoot also featured the pair sitting in the tall grass of a meadow and reposing on a red picnic blanket. — Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 14 Aug. 2026

Think of it, there are a hundred and forty-seven great works reposing in the bosoms of a hundred and forty-seven great men, and the tragic thing is that not one of those hundred and forty-seven great works will ever be written. — Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025