Rest and Stir

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Rest

Rest noun - Freedom from activity or labor.
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Stir is an antonym for rest.
Nearby Words: restless, rested, restive, resting, restful

Stir

Stir noun - A state of noisy, confused activity.
Usage example: the plane's first jolt caused a stir among the passengers, and by the third one they were in a panic
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Rest is an antonym for stir in topics: mix up, incite, get up and going.
Nearby Words: stirring, stirred
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How words are described

good good rest good stir
big big rest big stir
little little rest little stir
bad bad rest bad stir

Common collocations

hero rest hero stir hero
way rest way stir way
bit rest bit stir bit
foot rest foot stir foot

Both words in one sentence

  • Dungeon Crawling Stir in Professor Tolkien's Moria scenario for a little fantasy and the rest, as they say, is history.
    Source: Dungeon Crawling
  • Disney / Chicken Little Only Sane Man: Cocky Locky the rooster is far smarter and more rational than the rest of the flock, easily discrediting Foxy Loxy's initial attempt to use Chicken Little to stir a panic.
    Source: Disney / Chicken Little
  • Sealed Room in the Middle of Nowhere To the rest of the world, he's there overnight, but to him the world outside the room vanishes and leaves him stuck there for 100 years: magically-sustained and ageless, but stir-crazy and bored out of his mind.
    Source: Sealed Room in the Middle of Nowhere
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