Definition for Rest:

• A short pause in reading verse; a caesura.

Synonyms for Rest:

• n.

  •
  • intermission.
  •base, foundation (noun)
  • stand.
  •calm (noun)
  • composure,
  • patience,
  • poise,
  • peacefulness,
  • calmness,
  • stillness,
  • equanimity,
  • placidity.
  •inaction (noun)
  • inaction,
  • standstill,
  • stagnation,
  • passiveness,
  • lethargy,
  • hibernation.
  •inactivity (noun)
  • motionlessness,
  • break,
  • intermission,
  • composure,
  • vacation,
  • nap,
  • ease,
  • holiday,
  • recess,
  • quiet,
  • slumber,
  • respite,
  • leisure,
  • stillness,
  • peace,
  • calm,
  • relaxation,
  • calmness,
  • pause,
  • sleep,
  • quiescence,
  • standstill,
  • stop,
  • repose,
  • stay,
  • idleness.
  •leisure (noun)
  • leisure,
  • ease,
  • convenience,
  • relaxation.
  •motionlessness (noun)
  • dormancy,
  • idleness,
  • deadness,
  • languor,
  • stagnancy,
  • fixedness,
  • inactivity,
  • inertness,
  • immobility,
  • motionlessness.
  •peace (noun)
  • peace,
  • amity,
  • orderliness,
  • calm,
  • nonaggression,
  • truce,
  • friendliness,
  • placidness,
  • quiet,
  • quietness,
  • concord,
  • armistice,
  • neutrality,
  • tranquility,
  • cease-fire,
  • order,
  • serenity,
  • accord,
  • quiescence,
  • nonresistance,
  • repose.
  •remainder of something (noun)
  • residue.
  •repose (noun)
  • vacation,
  • holiday,
  • furlough.
  •rest (noun)
  • lie,
  • remain,
  • ease,
  • respite,
  • stay,
  • relaxation,
  • repose,
  • residue,
  • remainder,
  • sleep.

• v.

  •be calm; sleep (verb)
  • relax,
  • lounge,
  • idle.
  •depend, hinge (verb)
  • lie.
  •lie, recline (verb)
  • settle.
  •relax (verb)
  • relax,
  • lounge.
  •repose (verb)
  • retire,
  • nap.
  •rest (verb)
  • fix,
  • subside,
  • becalm,
  • wait,
  • sleep,
  • still,
  • vegetate,
  • stay,
  • stagnate,
  • settle down,
  • mark time,
  • slumber,
  • pause,
  • settle,
  • tranquilize,
  • stand.
  •stagnate (verb)
  • immobilize,
  • idle,
  • hibernate,
  • stop.
  •stative (verb)
  • lie.

• Other synonyms:

  •abide
  • stay.
  •light
  • settle down.
  •respite
  • respite.
  •Other relevant words:
  • break,
  • lie,
  • recess,
  • respite,
  • abide,
  • remainder,
  • residue,
  • intermission,
  • remain.

Antonyms for Rest:

• n.

  • inactivity
    consciousness, action, busyness, agitation, worry, continuation, awakening, base, energy, employment, noise, injury, clamor, wakefulness, distress, activity, go, advance, core, labor, disturbance, start, work, hurt, upset, beginning.
  • remainder of something
    want, need, lack.
  • Other antonyms:
    journey, avoid, disquiet, consciousness, pressure, depart, change, abandon, sleeplessness, motion, stir, tension, strain, migrate, movement, work, tenseness, exertion, wake, agitation, toil, Forfend, restlessness, insomnia, reject, forfeit, commotion, proceed, be active, tumult, labor, disturbance, move, resist, stress, unrest, excitement, shun, rush, wakefulness.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    action, activate, activity, advance, agitation, arise, arouse, awake, awakening, base, be active, beginning, body, bulk, bustle, busyness, carry on, carry out, change, clamor, clamour, consciousness, continuation, core, destroy, distress, disturbance, drudge, employment, energise, energize, energy, exercise, exertion, go, grub, hump, hurt, hustle, injury, insomnia, keep going, labor, labour, lack, main, mass, moil, most, move, need, noise, peg, peg away, plod, plow, plug, pressure, sleeplessness, slog, stand, start, strain, stress, strive, struggle, sweat, tenseness, tension, toil, travail, unrest, upset, wake, wakefulness, walk, want, weight, work, work out, worry, DO, slave, struggle on, slog away, battle on.

• v.

  • be calm; sleep
    be active, energize, walk, move, activate, DO, carry out, stand.
  • body
    be active.
  • depend, hinge
    destroy.