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rest

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of rest

1 freedom from activity or labor

  • the coming weekend will provide some much needed rest
Synonyms of rest

decompression, ease, leisure, relaxation, repose
Words Related to rest

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 of rest

pressure, strain, stress, tenseness, tension
Antonyms of rest

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 of rest

bed, catnapping, dozing, napping, repose, resting, shut-eye, sleep, slumber, slumbering, snoozing, z's (or zs)
Words Related to rest

catnap, doze, drowse, forty winks, nap, siesta, snooze, wink

oversleeping

dreaming, rapid eye movement
Near Antonyms of rest

insomnia, sleeplessness
Antonyms of rest

consciousness, wake, wakefulness

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rest

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of rest

a remaining group or portion

  • can you hand me the rest of those papers?
Synonyms of rest

balance, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum
Words Related to rest

fragment, scrap, vestige

butt, oddment, scraping(s), stub, stump

excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus
Near Antonyms of rest

body, bulk, main, mass, most, weight

rest

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of rest

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 of rest

bask, kick back, loll, lounge, relax, repose
Words Related to rest

bum, goldbrick, hang, hang about [British], hang around, idle, loaf, slack (off), veg out
Near Antonyms of rest

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 of rest

catnap, doze, nap, sleep, slumber, snooze
Words Related to rest

drop off, drowse (off), nod off

oversleep, sleep in

dream, hibernate
Near Antonyms of rest

arise, arouse, awake, rise, wake

3 to find a basis

  • youʼre resting your argument on a faulty premise
Synonyms of rest

base, ground, hang, predicate
Words Related to rest

establish, found

assume, postulate, premise, presume, presuppose, suppose

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