Definition for Repose:

• r[= e]- p[= o]z', v.t. to lay at rest: to compose: to place in trust ( with on or in): to deposit: to tranquillise.-- v.i. to rest: to sleep: to rest in confidence ( with on or upon): to lie.-- n. a lying at rest: sleep: quiet: rest of mind: ( fine art) that harmony which gives rest to the eye.-- n. REP[= O]' SAL ( Shak.), the act of reposing: that on which one reposes.-- adj. REP[= O]SED', calm: settled.-- adv. REP[= O]' SEDLY.-- n. REP[= O]' SEDNESS.-- adj. REP[= O]SE'FUL.-- n. REP[= O]' SER.-- v.t. REPOS'IT, to lodge, as for safety-- also n.-- ns. REP[= O]SI'TION, reduction; REPOS'ITOR, an instrument for restoring a displaced organ; REPOS'ITORY, a place where anything is laid up for safe keeping: a place where things are kept for sale: a shop. [ Fr. reposer-- re-, back, poser, to pose.]

Synonyms for Repose:

• n.

  •
  • lean on,
  • rely on,
  • depend on,
  • trust.
  •
  • bask.
  •act (noun)
  • rest.
  •calm (noun)
  • placidity,
  • patience,
  • stillness,
  • poise,
  • peacefulness,
  • calmness,
  • equanimity.
  •calmness (noun)
  • control.
  •death (noun)
  • eternal rest.
  •leisure (noun)
  • inactivity,
  • leisure,
  • convenience.
  •peace (noun)
  • nonaggression,
  • accord,
  • orderliness,
  • amity,
  • quietness,
  • placidness,
  • serenity,
  • friendliness,
  • neutrality,
  • order,
  • nonresistance,
  • armistice,
  • quiescence,
  • truce,
  • cease-fire,
  • concord.
  •repose (noun)
  • holiday,
  • vacation,
  • furlough.

• v.

  •repose (verb)
  • retire,
  • nap.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • exist,
  • dwell.
  •Other relevant words:
  • pretty,
  • doss down,
  • canny,
  • hold,
  • serene,
  • rebury,
  • contemplation,
  • bide,
  • consist in,
  • semiretirement,
  • stay,
  • stop short,
  • quietism,
  • preferably,
  • Accubation,
  • informality,
  • lie to,
  • featherbedding,
  • hush,
  • pacification,
  • compose,
  • have,
  • Inoccupation,
  • self-abnegation,
  • completely,
  • amusement,
  • lean back,
  • fun,
  • be quiescent,
  • inhere in,
  • stay put,
  • lulling,
  • residue,
  • place down,
  • recline,
  • fix,
  • keep quiet,
  • Sereneness,
  • crawl,
  • respite,
  • eternal sleep,
  • demean,
  • draw up,
  • be idle,
  • happy medium,
  • solace,
  • shack,
  • alleviation,
  • tarry,
  • heave to,
  • lenity,
  • put on,
  • hit the hay,
  • reclining,
  • supineness,
  • quietus,
  • would rather,
  • comfortable,
  • slackening,
  • confide,
  • field pansy,
  • wild pansy,
  • believe,
  • laying,
  • somewhat,
  • aplomb,
  • easy going,
  • sit,
  • posture,
  • time to spare,
  • enough,
  • commit,
  • liberalization,
  • be found,
  • count sheep,
  • Accumbency,
  • give,
  • residuum,
  • post,
  • continence,
  • engross,
  • entertainment,
  • couch,
  • refreshment,
  • bring down,
  • anchor,
  • inter,
  • featherbed,
  • noiselessness,
  • lie back,
  • forty winks,
  • idle,
  • perch,
  • bear,
  • rather,
  • imperturbability,
  • slant,
  • moderation,
  • lay down,
  • lodge,
  • lay aside,
  • populate,
  • golden mean,
  • dead calm,
  • doze,
  • fairly,
  • doss,
  • contentment,
  • reposit,
  • transmit,
  • rest period,
  • stop,
  • coast,
  • believe in,
  • deliver,
  • entrust,
  • public security,
  • kip,
  • be,
  • time,
  • blanket drill,
  • appease,
  • Ataraxy,
  • set,
  • peace and quiet,
  • bestride,
  • impartiality,
  • snore,
  • lounging,
  • droop,
  • R and R,
  • live,
  • recess,
  • remainder,
  • enlist,
  • instead,
  • pleasure,
  • break,
  • renewal,
  • entomb,
  • rested,
  • be located,
  • Recumb,
  • snoozle,
  • land,
  • people,
  • drowse,
  • intermission,
  • retirement,
  • moderateness,
  • dreamland,
  • peaceful,
  • well-being,
  • somniloquy,
  • be situated,
  • peaceableness,
  • mildness,
  • beauty sleep,
  • Tranquilness,
  • pacify,
  • rely upon,
  • relief,
  • loaf,
  • sooner,
  • reside,
  • catnap,
  • earlier,
  • would sooner,
  • freeze,
  • quiescent,
  • easy,
  • dormancy,
  • self-restraint,
  • bye-bye,
  • bedtime,
  • zizz,
  • somnambulism,
  • unruffled,
  • sit on,
  • move slowly,
  • steadiness,
  • not move,
  • nonviolence,
  • cessation,
  • mild,
  • pause,
  • sobriety,
  • rest upon,
  • take life easy,
  • easiness,
  • regard to,
  • fill,
  • imperturbable,
  • situate,
  • stick,
  • slumberous,
  • restraint,
  • Decumbency,
  • via media,
  • Collectedness,
  • halt,
  • relaxed,
  • sangfroid,
  • lie prone,
  • mark time,
  • lay eggs,
  • unmoved,
  • discharge,
  • stand still,
  • place reliance on,
  • slacken,
  • lie still,
  • bed,
  • loosening,
  • vest in,
  • rely,
  • Johnny-jump-up,
  • dispassionate,
  • abide,
  • enter,
  • judiciousness,
  • pacifism,
  • depend upon,
  • balance,
  • pose,
  • balmy,
  • Cool-headed,
  • record,
  • constraint,
  • quiescency,
  • restful,
  • tread water,
  • liberalisation,
  • remain,
  • simplicity,
  • grade,
  • drop,
  • lodge in,
  • trusting,
  • be still,
  • somnus,
  • restoration,
  • peace of mind,
  • siesta,
  • moderationism,
  • breathe,
  • gentleness,
  • reside in,
  • confide in,
  • collected,
  • middle way,
  • cool,
  • unload,
  • freedom,
  • dwell in,
  • loll,
  • step on,
  • relaxation method,
  • repose on,
  • grovel,
  • coolness,
  • sprawl,
  • z's,
  • temperateness,
  • swear by,
  • laid,
  • languish,
  • linger,
  • lay to,
  • lay to rest,
  • abstinence,
  • stirring,
  • prostration,
  • conservatism,
  • trust in,
  • motionless,
  • satori,
  • bear on,
  • standing still,
  • idle hours,
  • depend,
  • self-control,
  • tilt,
  • tranquillity,
  • alternatively,
  • goof-off time,
  • Easeful,
  • stand fast,
  • self-denial,
  • the arms of Morpheus,
  • relieve,
  • soft,
  • degrade,
  • stand on,
  • discontinue,
  • equable,
  • be based on,
  • diversion,
  • entertain,
  • sleepwalking,
  • inhabit,
  • curl up,
  • sang-froid,
  • transfer,
  • take a breather,
  • stick fast,
  • prudence,
  • assuagement,
  • bring to,
  • tranquil,
  • quite,
  • immovable,
  • position,
  • reprieve,
  • dispassion,
  • remnant,
  • suspension,
  • uneventful,
  • Dolce Far Niente,
  • heartsease,
  • locate,
  • write-down,
  • very,
  • lie on,
  • peace treaty,
  • take breath,
  • anticyclone,
  • light sleep,
  • quietude,
  • soundlessness,
  • decompression,
  • commodious,
  • self-possession,
  • sinecure,
  • relaxing,
  • lay over,
  • stability,
  • domiciliate,
  • be supported,
  • ataraxis,
  • impassive,
  • Bestraddle,
  • Recumbency,
  • stand firm,
  • snooze,
  • considerably,
  • have leisure,
  • nirvana,
  • Snoozing,
  • get down,
  • evenness,
  • put-down,
  • Reclination,
  • destroy,
  • lying,
  • inaction,
  • proneness,
  • abnegation,
  • relatively,
  • lull,
  • relaxation behavior,
  • moderately,
  • bland,
  • commend,
  • silence,
  • unconsciousness,
  • occupy,
  • composed,
  • place confidence in,
  • belong,
  • unwind,
  • temperance,
  • disgrace,
  • recumbent,
  • take one's time,
  • take rest.

Paraphrases for Repose:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    rest, Roosting.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Resting, stopover, layover.

Antonyms for Repose:

• n.

  • restfulness; calm
    action, agitation, upset, work, awakening.
  • Other antonyms:
    discomposure, noise, unrest, concern, stir, motion, disturbance, racket, commotion, excitability, nervousness, hubbub, tenseness, uneasiness, worry, bustle, anxiousness, consciousness, insomnia, pandemonium, wake, clamor, sleeplessness, tension, stress, restlessness, movement, uproar, anxiety, tumult, wakefulness, strain, excitableness, apprehensiveness, disquiet, excitement, pressure, din, care, rush, perturbation, labor, turmoil, unquietness.

• v.

  • relax; recline
    straighten, move, be busy, DO, stand, be active, energize.

Homophones for Repose:

• raphus, refocus, Rubus Caesius, revise, refuse, Rara Avis, rubus, ravish, repossess, rapacious, rubiaceae, raffish, refuge, refugee, rubbish, rib cage, rhapis, ravehook, ravage, rbc, Rebozo, repechage, roebuck, rebus, rebekah, rear back, rooibos, roof peak, rebuke, reap hook, ribhus, ribes, ripsaw, rebecca, revoke, reface, rubbishy, rhibhus, ribose, rabies.

Hypernym for Repose:

• n.

  • act
    quiescency, leisure, lie-in, laziness, bedrest, quiescence, dormancy, bed rest, sleeping.

Hyponym for Repose:

• n.

  • act
    inactivity.

• v.

  • consumption
    put, assign.
  • contact
    position, place, set, put, pose, lay, lie.
  • stative
    inhere in, attach to.