Synonyms of reposing

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adjective

1

as in reclining

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in nodding

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• 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
• transferring
• giving
• delegating
• delivering
• relinquishing
• entrusting
• confiding
• passing
• trusting
• commending
• transmitting
• consigning
• intrusting
• granting
• recommending
• committing
• loaning
• vesting
• conferring
• lending
• turning over
• bequeathing
• distributing
• assigning
• handing over
• dividing
• submitting
• furnishing
• giving over
• 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