Synonym: balance, ease, lounge, pause, recess, recline, relaxation, remains, repose, residue. Antonym: motion, unrest, work. Similar words: forest, rest on, arrest, for the rest, restore, restrict, interest, interested. Meaning: [rest] 
n. 1. something left after other parts have been taken away 2. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) 3. a pause for relaxation 4. a state of inaction 5. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) 6. a support on which things can be put 7. a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration. v. 1. not move; be in a resting position 2. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax 3. give a rest to 4. have a place in relation to something else 5. be at rest 6. stay the same; remain in a certain state 7. be inherent or innate in; 8. put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying 9. sit, as on a branch 10. rest on or as if on a pillow 11. be inactive, refrain from acting.
n. 1. something left after other parts have been taken away 2. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) 3. a pause for relaxation 4. a state of inaction 5. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb) 6. a support on which things can be put 7. a musical notation indicating a silence of a specified duration. v. 1. not move; be in a resting position 2. take a short break from one's activities in order to relax 3. give a rest to 4. have a place in relation to something else 5. be at rest 6. stay the same; remain in a certain state 7. be inherent or innate in; 8. put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying 9. sit, as on a branch 10. rest on or as if on a pillow 11. be inactive, refrain from acting. 241. The decision did not sit well with the rest of the committee, who had voted against it.
More similar words: forest, rest on, arrest, for the rest, restore, restrict, interest, interested, restriction, interesting, lose interest, prestidigitation, test, zest, best, nest, quest, west, guest, chest, at best, priest, had best, request, modest, invest, estate, earnest, conquest, testing.