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| Main Entry: |
repose
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restfulness; calm |
| Synonyms: | ease, inaction, inactivity, leisure, peace, quiet, quietness, quietude, refreshment, relaxation, relaxing, renewal, requiescence, respite, rest, restoration, sleep, slumber, stillness, tranquillity |
| Antonyms: | agitation, disturbance, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | calm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | quietness, composure |
| Synonyms: | calmness, dispassion, doldrums, hush, impassivity, imperturbation, lull, patience, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, placidity, quiet, repose, rest, restraint, serenity, silence, stillness, stoicism, tranquility |
| Antonyms: | agitation, anger, madness, restlessness, storminess, terror, turbulence, violence |
| Main Entry: | comfort |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | good feeling; ease |
| Synonyms: | abundance, alleviation, amenity, assuagement, bed of roses, cheer, cheerfulness, complacency, contentment, convenience, coziness, creature comforts, enjoyment, exhilaration, facility, gratification, happiness, luxury, opulence, peacefulness, pleasure, plenty, poise, quiet, relaxation, relief, repose, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, snugness, succor, sufficiency, warmth, well-being |
| Antonyms: | aggravation, annoyance, bother, botheration, distress, exasperation, irritation, torment, torture |
| Main Entry: | composure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calmness, collectedness |
| Synonyms: | accord, aplomb, assurance, balance, calm, contentment, control, cool head, cool*, coolheadedness, coolness, dignity, dispassion, ease, equanimity, equilibrium, even temper, evenness, fortitude, harmony, imperturbability, inexcitability, levelheadedness, moderation, nonchalance, peace of mind, placidity, poise, polish, presence of mind, quiet, quietude, repose, sang-froid, sedateness, self-assurance, self-control, self-possession, serenity, sobriety, stability, tranquility |
| Antonyms: | agitation, arousal, discomposure, excitement, perturbedness, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | consist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist, reside |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, be contained in, be expressed by, be found in, dwell, inhere, lie, repose, rest, subsist |
| Main Entry: | death |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end of life |
| Synonyms: | afterlife, annihilation, bereavement, casualty, cessation, curtains, darkness, decease, demise, departure, destruction, dissolution, downfall, dying, end, ending, eradication, eternal rest, euthanasia, exit, expiration, extermination, extinction, fatality, finis, finish, grave, grim reaper, heaven, loss, mortality, necrosis, obliteration, oblivion, paradise, parting, passing, passing over, quietus, release, repose, ruin, ruination, silence, sleep, termination, tomb |
| Antonyms: | being, birth, entity, existence, life, living |
| Main Entry: | deposit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | locate, put in place for safekeeping |
| Synonyms: | accumulate, amass, bank, collect, commit, deliver, ditch, drop, entrust, garner, give in trust, hoard, install, invest, keep, lay, lay away, park, place, plant*, plop, plunk down, plunk, precipitate, put aside, put by, repose, rest, salt away, save, settle, sit down, sock away, squirrel away, stash, stock up, store, stow, transfer, treasure |
| Antonyms: | take away, take out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | downtime |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time during which an activity is stopped |
| Synonyms: | break, breathing spell, free time, freedom, halt, interim, interlude, intermission, letup, lull, pause, recess, repose, respite, rest, spare time, spell, stay, suspension, time on one's hands, time out, time to burn, time to kill |
| Main Entry: | ease |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peace, quiet; lack of difficulty |
| Synonyms: | affluence, ataraxia, bed of roses, calm, calmness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness, leisure, luxury, passivity, peace of mind*, prosperity, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, requiescence, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, security, serenity, supinity, tranquility |
| Antonyms: | difficulty, disquiet, excitableness, furor, strife, turmoil, uneasiness, unrest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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