rest: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 4 letter points · starts with R · ends with T
Meaning of rest
noun
- uncountable
Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
Example: I need to get a good rest tonight; I was up late last night.
- countable
Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
Example: We took a rest at the top of the hill to get our breath back.
- uncountable
Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
Example: It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.
- uncountable
A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state of completion.
Example: The boulder came to rest just behind the house after rolling down the mountain.
Listed forms: rests.
Source: Wiktionary — rest.
verb
- intransitive
To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without motion.
Example: My day's work is over; now I will rest.
- intransitive
To come to a pause or an end; end.
- intransitive
To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
- copulative, reflexive, transitive
To put into a state of rest.
Example: We need to rest the horses before we ride any further.
Listed forms: rests, resting, rested.
Source: Wiktionary — rest.
noun
- uncountable
That which remains.
Example: She ate some of the food, but was not hungry enough to eat it all, so she put the rest in the refrigerator to finish later.
- uncountable
Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
- UK, uncountable
A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the Bank of England, the balance of assets above liabilities.
Source: Wiktionary — rest.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for rest.
noun
something left after other parts have been taken away
noun
freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)
noun
a pause for relaxation
noun
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is rest in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of rest
R(1) + E(1) + S(1) + T(1) = 4 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of rest
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from rest
10 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in rest. Showing up to 24, longest first.