rest

1 freedom from activity or labor the coming weekend will provide some much needed rest Synonyms decompression, ease, leisure, relaxation, repose Related Words catnapping, dozing, lazing, napping, resting, sleep, slumber, slumbering, snoozing; quiet, silence, stillness; calm, peace, peacefulness, placidity, respite, restfulness, sereneness, serenity, tranquillity (or tranquility), tranquilness; dolce far niente, idleness Near Antonyms pressure, strain, stress, tenseness, tension Antonyms exertion, labor, toil, work

2 a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself after a long day, I lay down on the couch for a little rest before dinner Synonyms bed, catnapping, dozing, napping, repose, rest, resting, shut-eye, slumber, slumbering, snoozing, z's (or zs)Related Words catnap, doze, drowse, forty winks, nap, siesta, snooze, wink; oversleeping; dreaming, rapid eye movementNear Antonyms insomnia, sleeplessnessAntonyms consciousness, wake, wakefulness

a remaining group or portion can you hand me the rest of those papers? Synonyms balance, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, restRelated Words fragment, scrap, vestige; butt, oddment, scraping(s), stub, stump; excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplusNear Antonyms body, bulk, main, mass, most, weight

1 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 bask, kick back, loll, lounge, relax, repose Related Words bum, goldbrick, hang, hang about [British], hang around, idle, loaf, slack (off), veg out Near Antonyms drudge, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, work; exercise, work out

2 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 catnap, doze, nap, sleep, slumber, snoozeRelated Words drop off, drowse (off), nod off; oversleep, sleep in; dream, hibernateNear Antonyms arise, arouse, awake, rise, wake

3 to find a basis you're resting your argument on a faulty premise Synonyms ground, hang, predicate, baseRelated Words establish, found; assume, postulate, premise, presume, presuppose, suppose