repose

repose is a 6-letter English word with 19 senses as verb, intransitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 19 senses

Definitions

1. verb. To cause to stop or to rest after motion; hence, to deposit; to lay down; to lodge; to reposit.
2. verb. To lay at rest; to cause to be calm or quiet; to compose; to rest, -- often reflexive; as, to repose one's self on a couch.
3. verb. To place, have, or rest; to set; to intrust.
4. intransitive verb. To lie at rest; to rest.
5. intransitive verb. Figuratively, to remain or abide restfully without anxiety or alarms.
6. intransitive verb. To lie; to be supported; as, trap reposing on sand.
7. verb. A lying at rest; sleep; rest; quiet.
8. verb. Rest of mind; tranquillity; freedom from uneasiness; also, a composed manner or deportment.
9. verb. A rest; a pause.
10. verb. That harmony or moderation which affords rest for the eye; -- opposed to the scattering and division of a subject into too many unconnected parts, and also to anything which is overstrained; as, a painting may want repose.
11. noun. freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

    "took his repose by the swimming pool"

    Synonyms: ease, relaxation, rest

12. noun. a disposition free from stress or emotion

    Synonyms: placidity, quiet, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity

13. noun. the absence of mental stress or anxiety

    Synonyms: ataraxis, heartsease, peace, peacefulness, serenity

14. verb. put or confide something in a person or thing

    "These philosophers reposed the law in the people"

15. verb. to put something (eg trust) in something

    "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"

16. verb. put in a horizontal position

    "lay the books on the table"

    "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

    Synonyms: lay

17. verb. lean in a comfortable resting position

    "He was reposing on the couch"

    Synonyms: recline, recumb

18. verb. lie when dead

    "Mao reposes in his mausoleum"

19. verb. be inherent or innate in

    Synonyms: reside, rest

Synonyms

ease, relaxation, rest, placidity, quiet, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity, ataraxis, heartsease, peace, peacefulness, lay, recline, recumb, reside

Common word forms

reposed, reposer, reposes, reposing, reposeful

Words from these letters

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