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1. rest
noun. ['ˈrɛst'] something left after other parts have been taken away.
Synonyms
- portion
- residue
- part
- leftover
- residuum
- component
- remnant
- component part
- remainder
- residual
- constituent
Antonyms
- repair
- enliven
- validate
- continue
Etymology
- rest (Middle English (1100-1500))
- rest (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- reste (Middle English (1100-1500))
- reste (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- resten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- restan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Rhymes with Rest
- self-professed
- transgressed
- unimpressed
- telequest
- stateswest
- intrawest
- eastern-west
- dispossessed
- unaddressed
- telewest
- repossessed
- reinvest
- progressed
- northwest
- indigest
- expressed
- distressed
- compressed
- undressed
- sylvest
- suppressed
- suggest
- southwest
- request
- repressed
- reassessed
- protest
- professed
- penwest
- norwest
Sentences with rest
1. Noun, singular or mass
Place the rest of the belt inside the snow blower and screw the plate back onto the motor.
2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Without moving the tile, rest the breaker bar on the tile and press firmly to break the tile.
Quotes about rest
1. I've cried, and you'd think I'd be better for it, but the sadness just sleeps, and it stays in my spine the rest of my life.
- Conor Oberst
2. We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds.
- Aristotle Onassis
3. I'm always swimming forward like a shark. You just keep going and you don't rest. I love waking up knowing that I have a problem to solve.
- Nile Rodgers
2. rest
verb. ['ˈrɛst'] not move; be in a resting position.
Synonyms
- be
- stand
- kneel
Antonyms
- sit
- inside
- middle
- end
Etymology
- rest (Middle English (1100-1500))
- rest (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- reste (Middle English (1100-1500))
- reste (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- resten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- restan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. rest
verb. ['ˈrɛst'] take a short break from one's activities in order to relax.
Synonyms
- take a breather
- intermit
- catch one's breath
- pause
- break
Antonyms
- decrement
- unbalance
- radial asymmetry
- asymmetry
Etymology
- rest (Middle English (1100-1500))
- rest (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- reste (Middle English (1100-1500))
- reste (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- resten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- restan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. rest
verb. ['ˈrɛst'] give a rest to.
Antonyms
- inequality
Etymology
- rest (Middle English (1100-1500))
- rest (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- reste (Middle English (1100-1500))
- reste (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- resten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- restan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. rest
noun. ['ˈrɛst'] freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility).
Synonyms
- laziness
- dormancy
- repose
- lie-in
- bed rest
- bedrest
- leisure
- sleeping
- quiescence
- inactivity
- ease
- relaxation
Antonyms
- compression
- increase
- low relief
- high relief
Etymology
- rest (Middle English (1100-1500))
- rest (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- reste (Middle English (1100-1500))
- reste (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- resten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- restan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. rest
verb. ['ˈrɛst'] be at rest.
Synonyms
- recumb
- repose
- recline
- sleep
- slumber
- catch some Z's
- drowse
- log Z's
Antonyms
- be active
- erect
- difficult
- difficulty
Etymology
- rest (Middle English (1100-1500))
- rest (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- reste (Middle English (1100-1500))
- reste (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- resten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- restan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. rest
verb. ['ˈrɛst'] have a place in relation to something else.
Synonyms
- be
Antonyms
- inessential
- suffer
Etymology
- rest (Middle English (1100-1500))
- rest (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- reste (Middle English (1100-1500))
- reste (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- resten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- restan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. rest
noun. ['ˈrɛst'] a pause for relaxation.
Synonyms
- interruption
- breathing space
- breath
- relief
- respite
- suspension
- breather
- breathing spell
- rest period
- pause
- intermission
- break
- breathing place
Antonyms
- venial sin
- discomposure
- work time
- waking
Etymology
- rest (Middle English (1100-1500))
- rest (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- reste (Middle English (1100-1500))
- reste (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- resten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- restan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. rest
verb. ['ˈrɛst'] stay the same; remain in a certain state.
Synonyms
- be
- stay together
- stand
- keep out
- remain
- keep
- stick together
- sit tight
- stay
Antonyms
- effortfulness
- stay in place
- unnaturalness
- strengthening
Etymology
- rest (Middle English (1100-1500))
- rest (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- reste (Middle English (1100-1500))
- reste (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- resten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- restan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. rest
noun. ['ˈrɛst'] a support on which things can be put.
Synonyms
- armrest
- support
- headrest
Antonyms
- discomfort
- keep quiet
- function
- stay
Etymology
- rest (Middle English (1100-1500))
- rest (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
- reste (Middle English (1100-1500))
- reste (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
- resten (Middle English (1100-1500))
- restan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))