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rest
noun as in inactivity
Strongest match
Strong matches
break, breather, calm, calmness, cessation, comfort, composure, cutoff, downtime, doze, dreaminess, ease, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup, lull, motionlessness, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, siesta, silence, sleep, slumber, somnolence, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, tranquillity
Weak matches
noun as in remainder of something
noun as in base, foundation
verb as in be calm; sleep
verb as in lie, recline
verb as in depend, hinge
Weak matches
be based, be contingent, be dependent, be founded, be seated on, be supported, be upheld
Example Sentences
“In the end, we were further ahead, not just of the rest of the eastern flank, but ahead of most countries in European NATO.”
“You have two other guys that potentially can pitch on regular rest,” Roberts said.
Calvin’s sister, Evelyn McClendon, died in the fire after she was separated from the rest of the family in the scramble of the January evacuations.
The rest, like me, completed their tasks - presumably feeling varying degrees of humiliation - and were rewarded with another calming session of white noise through headphones at the end.
“My own experience, when my grandfather came back, was that my soul could rest and I could finally start to heal,” Lifshitz said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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