Synonyms for rest
Another word for rest is balance, remainder or residue. Below are 18 synonyms and 30 related words across 12 senses, with antonyms.
Also searched as: rester, resting, rests.
1. noun: something left after other parts have been taken away
- balance synonyms
- remainder synonyms
- residue synonyms
- residual synonyms
- residuum
2. noun: freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
- ease synonyms
- relaxation synonyms
- repose
3. noun: a pause for relaxation
- rest period
- relief synonyms
- respite synonyms
4. noun: a state of inaction
5. noun: euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- sleep synonyms
- eternal rest
- eternal sleep
- quietus
6. noun: a support on which things can be put
7. noun: a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration
8. verb: not move; be in a resting position
9. verb: take a short break from one's activities in order to relax
- breathe synonyms
- take a breather
10. verb: give a rest to
11. verb: have a place in relation to something else
- lie synonyms
12. verb: be at rest
Antonyms
- be active
Related words
Broader, narrower and sibling terms from the same WordNet tree. They aren't interchangeable, but one of them is often the word you wanted.
- part synonyms
- portion synonyms
- component synonyms
- component part
- constituent synonyms
- leftover synonyms
- remnant synonyms
- bed rest
- lie-in
- sleeping synonyms
- leisure
- laziness synonyms
- inactivity synonyms
- dormancy
- quiescence
- bedrest
- quiescency
- break synonyms
- breath synonyms
- breathing time
- breathing place
- suspension synonyms
- breathing space synonyms
- breathing spell
- pause synonyms
- interruption synonyms
- breather synonyms
- intermission synonyms
- inaction
- inactiveness
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Questions people ask
What is another word for rest?
You can say balance, remainder, residue, residual or residuum instead of rest. Which one fits depends on the sense; the first sense above means "something left after other parts have been taken away".
What is the opposite of rest?
The opposite of rest is be active.
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