WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. Usage: be inactive, refrain from acting "The committee is resting over the summer" Usage: rest on or as if on a pillow "pillow your head" pillow, rest, put, set, place, pose, position, lay Usage: sit, as on a branch "The birds perched high in the tree"ġ0. Usage: put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying "Rest your head on my shoulder" rest, put, set, place, pose, position, lay rest, reside, repose, inhere in, attach toĨ. Usage: stay the same remain in a certain state "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it" "rest assured" "stay alone" "He remained unmoved by her tears" "The bad weather continued for another week"ħ. Usage: have a place in relation to something else "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West" "The responsibility rests with the Allies" Usage: give a rest to "He rested his bad leg" "Rest the dogs for a moment" Usage: take a short break from one's activities in order to relax rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather, pause, intermit, break Usage: not move be in a resting positionĢ. Usage: a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration Usage: a support on which things can be put "the gun was steadied on a special rest" Usage: euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) "she was laid to rest beside her husband" "they had to put their family pet to sleep" rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus, death Usage: a state of inaction "a body will continue in a state of rest until acted upon"ĥ. Usage: a pause for relaxation "people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests"Ĥ. respite, rest, relief, rest period, pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspension Find the perfect synonym of rest using this free online thesaurus and dictionary of synonyms. Usage: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) "took his repose by the swimming pool"ģ. rest, ease, repose, relaxation, inactivity Usage: something left after other parts have been taken away "there was no remainder" "he threw away the rest" "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"Ģ. remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest, part, portion, component part, component, constituent
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