¹repose

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of REPOSE

to remain out of sight <a little-explored region beneath which vast mineral reserves are said to repose>

Synonyms hole up, lie, lurk, repose, skulk

Related Words slink, sneak; avoid, elude, evade

Near Antonyms come out, materialize, show up, turn up

Antonyms appear

to refrain from labor or exertion <reposed in the Caribbean sun, enjoying her break from the world of work>

Synonyms bask, kick back, loll, lounge, relax, repose

Related Words bum, goldbrick, hang, hang about [British], hang around, idle, loaf, slack (off), veg out

Near Antonyms drudge, grub, hump, hustle, labor, moil, peg (away), plod, plow, plug, slave, slog, strain, strive, struggle, sweat, toil, travail, work; exercise, work out

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