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| Main Entry: | |
| 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
| Main Entry: | relaxation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entertainment; resting or recovering |
| Synonyms: | alleviation, amusement, assuagement, diversion, enjoyment, fun, leisure, loosening, mitigation, pleasure, reclining, recreation, refreshment, relief, repose, requiescence, rest |
| Antonyms: | intensification, labor, work |
| Main Entry: | repose |
| 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: | naturalness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ease |
| Synonyms: | affluence, ataraxia, bed of roses, calm, calmness, casualness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness, informality, leisure, luxury, passivity, peace of mind*, poise, prosperity, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, requiescence, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, security, serenity, spontaneity, supinity, tranquility, unceremoniousness, unrestraint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unceremoniousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ease |
| Synonyms: | affluence, ataraxia, bed of roses, calm, calmness, casualness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness, informality, leisure, luxury, naturalness, passivity, peace of mind*, poise, prosperity, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, requiescence, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, security, serenity, spontaneity, supinity, tranquility, unrestraint |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unrestraint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ease |
| Synonyms: | affluence, ataraxia, bed of roses, calm, calmness, casualness, comfort, content, contentment, easiness, enjoyment, gratification, happiness, idleness, inactivity, inertia, inertness, informality, leisure, luxury, naturalness, passivity, peace of mind*, poise, prosperity, quietness, quietude, relaxation, repose, requiescence, rest, restfulness, satisfaction, security, serenity, spontaneity, supinity, tranquility, unceremoniousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Concept: | Leisure. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
leisure; convenience; spare time, spare hours, spare moments; vacant hour; time, time to spare, time on one's hands; holiday (rest); otium cum dignitate [Cicero], ease.
-verbs
have leisure; take one's time, take one's leisure, take one's ease; repose; move slowly; while away the time (inaction); be master of one's time, be an idle man.
-adjectives
leisure, leisureIy; slow; deliberate, quiet, calm, undisturbed; at leisure, at one's ease, at a loose end.
-phrases
time hanging heavy on one's hands; eile mit Weile.
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| Antonyms: | haste |
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| Concept: | Repose. |
| Category: | 1. Simple voluntary action |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
repose, rest, silken repose; sleep., relaxation, breathing time; halt, stay, pause (cessation); respite., day of rest, dies non, Sabbath, Lord's day, holiday, red-letter day, vacation, recess.
-verbs
repose; rest, rest and be thankful; take a rest, take one's ease., relax, unbend, slacken; take breath (refresh); rest upon one's oars; pause (cease); stay one's hand., lie down; recline, recline on a bed of down, recline on an easy chair; go to rest, go to bed, go to sleep [more]., take a holiday, shut up shop; lie fallow (inaction).
-adjectives
reposing; unstrained.
-adverbs
at rest.
-phrases
"the best of men have ever loved repose" [Thompson]; "to repair our nature with comforting repose" [Henry VIII].
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| Antonyms: | exertion |
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