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The synonyms of “Rest” are: perch, roost, remain, stay, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather, pillow, repose, reside, lie, relax, take a rest, ease off, ease up, let up, slow down, pause, have a break, take a break, unbend, laze, idle, loaf, do nothing, take time off, slack off, unwind, recharge one's batteries, be at leisure, take it easy, sit back, sit down, stand down, lounge, luxuriate, loll, slump, flop, put one's feet up, lie down, go to bed, have a nap, take a nap, nap, catnap, doze, have a siesta, take a siesta, drowse, sleep, be laid, recline, be, be placed, be positioned, support, prop, prop up, steady, balance, lean, lay, set, sit, stand, position, place, put, be based on, be grounded in, be founded on, depend on, be dependent on, rely on, hinge on, turn on, hang on, pivot on, be contingent on, revolve around, quietus, ease, relaxation, remainder, residual, residue, residuum, relief, respite, rest period, leisure, inactivity, time off, time out, breathing space, break, interval, interlude, intermission, a standstill, a halt, a stop, base, holder, brace, rack, hook, frame, shelf, bracket, trestle, tripod, plinth, pedestal, foundation, bed, foot, substructure
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rest” as a noun can have the following definitions:
a halt | The event of something ending. |
a standstill | An interruption of normal activity. |
a stop | The state of inactivity following an interruption. |
balance | A weight that balances another weight. The balance of opinion was that work was more important than leisure. |
base | A known line used as a geometrical base for trigonometry. Everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base. |
bed | Used with reference to a bed as the typical place for sexual activity. Place each paver on a bed of concrete. |
brace | A rope attached to the yard of a ship for trimming the sail. A neck brace. |
bracket | Either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose textual material. Those in a high income bracket. |
break | The occurrence of breaking. He stopped to wait for a break in the traffic. |
breathing space | The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation. |
ease | A freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state. He rose through the ranks with apparent ease. |
foot | A person s body below the torso including the entire leg and the foot. He followed on foot. |
foundation | An institution supported by an endowment. Apply moisturizer a few minutes before using foundation. |
frame | A structural environment within which a class of words or other linguistic units can be correctly used For example I him is a frame for a large class of transitive verbs. Jones won the first four frames. |
holder | A smallholder. A towel holder. |
hook | A sharp curve or crook a shape resembling a hook. He took lessons to cure his hooking. |
inactivity | Reluctance to take action; apathy. Don t suddenly take up violent exercise after years of inactivity. |
interlude | Something performed during a theatre interval. An orchestral interlude. |
intermission | A time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something. The daily work goes on without intermission. |
interval | A component of activity in interval training. The day should be dry with sunny intervals. |
leisure | Time when one is not working or occupied; free time. Leisure activities. |
pause | Temporary inactivity. She dropped me outside during a brief pause in the rain. |
pedestal | An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue. A bronze bust on a marble pedestal. |
plinth | A heavy base supporting a statue or vase. Busts of the King and Queen on marble plinths. |
prop | A propeller that rotates to push against air. He looked around for a prop to pin the door open. |
quietus | Euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb. |
rack | A bed. A spice rack. |
relaxation | The act of making less strict. His favourite form of relaxation was reading detective novels. |
relief | A representation of relief given by an arrangement of line or colour or shading. He cast them in relief from molten metal. |
remainder | A property interest that becomes effective in possession only when a prior interest (created at the same time) ends. 23 divided by 3 is 7 remainder 2. |
repose | The absence of mental stress or anxiety. He had lost none of his grace or his repose. |
residual | A quantity remaining after other things have been subtracted or allowed for. The Keynesian component is clearly a residual which is arrived at by subtracting the natural and classical components from overall unemployment. |
residue | A substance that remains after a process such as combustion or evaporation. The ash was a residue from coal fired power stations. |
residuum | Something left after other parts have been taken away. The urban residuum. |
respite | The act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment. The refugee encampments will provide some respite from the suffering. |
rest period | A pause for relaxation. |
shelf | A submarine bank or a part of the continental shelf. |
sleep | Typically in the context of anticipating a forthcoming event a night or a night s sleep. He didn t get enough sleep last night. |
stand | The position where a thing or person stands. United s manager watched from the stands. |
stay | A period of staying somewhere in particular of living somewhere temporarily as a visitor or guest. A stay of prosecution. |
substructure | Lowest support of a structure. Tudor princes had little in the way of a bureaucratic substructure. |
support | The action of supporting something or someone or the state of being supported. She s been through a bad time and needs our support. |
time off | The fourth coordinate that is required (along with three spatial dimensions) to specify a physical event. |
time out | A person’s experience on a particular occasion. |
trestle | Each of a pair of horizontal pieces on a sailing ship’s lower mast supporting the topmast. |
tripod | A three-legged stand for supporting a camera or other apparatus. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rest” as a verb can have the following definitions:
balance | Bring into balance or equilibrium. The law requires the council to balance its books each year. |
be | Be identical or equivalent to. I want to be a teacher. |
be at leisure | Happen, occur, take place. |
be based on | Be priced at. |
be contingent on | Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function. |
be dependent on | Have an existence, be extant. |
be founded on | To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form. |
be grounded in | Happen, occur, take place. |
be laid | Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun. |
be placed | To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form. |
be positioned | Be priced at. |
breathe | (of wind) blow softly. The whole room breathed an air of hygienic efficiency. |
catch one's breath | Apprehend and reproduce accurately. |
catnap | Have a short sleep during the day. Carradine catnapped in a hammock between two chairs. |
depend on | Be contingent upon (something that is elided. |
do nothing | Carry on or function. |
doze | Fall lightly asleep. I dozed off for a few seconds. |
drowse | Be half asleep; doze intermittently. He was beginning to drowse in his chair. |
ease off | Lessen the intensity of or calm. |
ease up | Move gently or carefully. |
flop | Sit or lie down heavily and suddenly, especially when very tired. Liz flopped down into the armchair. |
go to bed | Be ranked or compare. |
hang on | Be exhibited. |
have a break | Get something; come into possession of. |
have a nap | Go through (mental or physical states or experiences. |
have a siesta | Have sex with; archaic use. |
hinge on | Attach with a hinge. |
idle | Run disconnected or idle. Robert idled along the pavement. |
lay | Used with an abstract noun so that the phrase formed has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun used e g lay the blame on means to blame. There may have been the odd light shower just to lay the dust. |
laze | Be idle; exist in a changeless situation. Laze away a long summer day. |
lean | Cause to lean or incline. She leaned over the banister. |
let up | Make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen. |
lie | (of a thing) rest flat on a surface. The responsibility rests with the Allies. |
lie down | Assume a reclining position. |
loaf | Be about. |
loll | Hang loosely or laxly. He slumped against a tree trunk his head lolling back. |
lounge | Be about. Several students were lounging about reading papers. |
luxuriate | Enjoy (something) as a luxury; take self-indulgent delight in. She was luxuriating in a long bath. |
nap | Take a siesta. She took to napping on the beach in the afternoons. |
pause | Temporarily interrupt the operation of (a process or device. She paused at a loss for words. |
perch | Cause to perch or sit. The fortress is perched on a crag in the mountains. |
pillow | Rest one s head as if on a pillow. Her transparent cheek all pale and warm pillow d his deathlike forehead. |
pivot on | Turn on a pivot. |
place | Put into a certain place or abstract location. The children were placed with foster parents. |
position | Put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way. I had positioned her as my antagonist. |
prop | Support by placing against something solid or rigid. I propped the door with my foot. |
prop up | Support by placing against something solid or rigid. |
put | Put into a certain place or abstract location. India has put three experimental satellites into space. |
put one's feet up | Cause (someone) to undergo something. |
recharge one's batteries | Charge anew. |
recline | Cause to recline. She reclined her head on the pillow. |
relax | Cause to feel relaxed. A hot bath always relaxes me. |
rely on | Have confidence or faith in. |
remain | Stay the same remain in a certain state. He remained unmoved by her tears. |
repose | Put in a horizontal position. How sweetly he would repose in the four poster bed. |
reside | Be inherent or innate in. People who work in the city actually reside in neighbouring towns. |
revolve around | Move in an orbit. |
roost | Settle down or stay as if on a roost. Migrating martins and swallows were settling to roost. |
set | Put or set seeds seedlings or plants into the ground. I usually set my alarm clock for eight. |
sit | Adopt or be in a position in which one s weight is supported by one s buttocks rather than one s feet and one s back is upright. The White House sits on Pennsylvania Avenue. |
sit back | Be located or situated somewhere. |
sit down | Show to a seat; assign a seat for. |
slack off | Make less active or fast. |
sleep | Be able to accommodate for sleeping. Copenhagen likes to be known as the city that never sleeps. |
slow down | Become slow or slower. |
slump | Fall or sink heavily. United slumped to another one nil defeat. |
stand | Withstand the force of something. Soil where water stands in winter. |
stand down | Be in some specified state or condition. |
stay | Stay the same remain in a certain state. Where do you stay. |
steady | Support or hold steady and make steadfast with or as if with a brace. Steady yourself. |
support | Give moral or psychological support aid or courage to. The evidence supports the defendant. |
take a break | Be seized or affected in a specified way. |
take a breather | Travel or go by means of a certain kind of transportation, or a certain route. |
take a nap | Engage for service under a term of contract. |
take a rest | Be a student of a certain subject. |
take a siesta | To get into a position of having, e.g., safety, comfort. |
take it easy | Experience or feel or submit to. |
take time off | Occupy or take on. |
turn on | Pass to the other side of. |
unbend | Make less taut. Unbend a bow. |
unwind | Become less tense, rest, or take one’s ease. The net unwinds from the reel. |
armchair | Lacking or not involving practical or direct experience of a particular subject or activity. An armchair traveller. |
asleep | (of a limb) having no feeling; numb. She had been asleep for over three hours. |
cradle | Place a phone receiver in its cradle. She cradled his head in her arms. |
debris | The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up. Workmen were clearing the roads of the debris from shattered buildings. |
dormancy | Temporary inactivity in a volcano. Some large volcanoes spend thousands of years in a state of dormancy. |
doze | A short, light sleep. I dozed off for a few seconds. |
drowsy | Showing lack of attention or boredom. A drowsy suburb called Surrey Hills. |
exhausted | Drained of energy or effectiveness extremely tired completely exhausted. The day s shopping left her exhausted. |
fallow | A piece of fallow land. Long fallow periods when nothing seems to happen. |
hibernation | An extended period of remaining inactive or indoors. The fair weather cyclists are emerging from winter hibernation. |
leftover | Something, especially food, remaining after the rest has been used. He s just a leftover from another age. |
pause | Interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing. She had paused a tape on the VCR. |
pillow | Rest one s head as if on a pillow. His head was pillowed on his arm. |
relaxation | (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers. His favourite form of relaxation was reading detective novels. |
remainder | Sell cheaply as remainders. Titles are being remaindered increasingly quickly to save on overheads. |
remaining | Still existing, present, or in use; surviving. They advertised for any remaining creditors to come forward. |
remains | The parts left over after other parts have been removed, used, or destroyed. Roman remains. |
remnant | A small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists. He sat sewing patchwork cushions with all the remnants. |
residual | Something left after other parts have been taken away. The eroded residuals of reefs built in relation to earlier higher sea levels. |
residue | The part of an estate that is left after the payment of charges, debts, and bequests. The residue of the country s colonial past. |
respite | Grant a respite to someone especially a person condemned to death. The refugee encampments will provide some respite from the suffering. |
sleep | Be asleep. A good night s sleep. |
sleepy | Ready to fall asleep. A sleepy eyed child with drooping eyelids. |
slumber | A sleep. Scaring folk from their slumbers. |
somnolent | Causing or suggestive of drowsiness. The sound had a somnolent effect. |
spare | Refrain from inflicting (something unpleasant) on (someone. A spare bearded figure. |
survivor | The remainder of a group of people or things. A survivor from last year s team. |
suspension | Temporary cessation or suspension. The investigation led to the suspension of several officers. |
vestigial | Forming a very small remnant of something that was once greater or more noticeable. The vestigial wings of kiwis are entirely hidden. |
wreckage | The remains of something that has been badly damaged or destroyed. They searched the wreckage for signs of survivors. |
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