RESTING Synonyms

• having no employment

• the quality of lacking substance or value

• the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work

• time available for ease and relaxation

• freedom to choose a pastime or enjoyable activity

• a period of time spent sleeping

• a soft or fuzzy surface texture

• the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

• sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

• a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes

• take a siesta

• the act of assuming or maintaining a reclining position

• affording physical or mental rest

• a nap in the early afternoon (especially in hot countries)

• the state of being asleep

• quiet and inactive restfulness

• the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

• lying with head on paws as if sleeping

• a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

• a dormant or quiescent state

• be asleep

• sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

• sleep lightly or for a short period of time

• a light fitful sleep

• sleep lightly or for a short period of time

• an upholstered seat for more than one person

• a room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait

• sit or recline comfortably

• be about a place without any apparent purpose

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• the absence of mental stress or anxiety

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• put or confide something in a person or thing

• be inherent or innate in

• lie when dead

• lean in a comfortable resting position

• put in a horizontal position

• to put something (eg trust) in something

• reverse the winding or twisting of

• separate the tangles of

• become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

• cause to feel relaxed

• freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

• the absence of mental stress or anxiety

• a disposition free from stress or emotion

• put or confide something in a person or thing

• be inherent or innate in

• lie when dead

• lean in a comfortable resting position

• put in a horizontal position

• to put something (eg trust) in something

• freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities

• a feeling of trust (in someone or something)

• a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable

• a trustful relationship

• a secret that is confided or entrusted to another

• an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

• a missing piece (as a gap in a manuscript)

• a natural opening or perforation through a bone or a membranous structure

• the state of being inactive

• a disposition to remain inactive or inert

• being inactive; being less active

• a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

• Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

• position or manner in which something is situated

• be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

• be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

• originate (in)

• be and remain in a particular state or condition

• tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive

• have a place in relation to something else

• assume a reclining position

• a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged

• suspension of an ongoing activity