Rest and Work

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Rest

Rest noun - Freedom from activity or labor.
Usage example: the coming weekend will provide some much needed rest
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Antonyms for Rest
Work is an antonym for rest in topics: relax, relaxation, stop, inactivity.
Nearby Words: restless, rested, restive, resting, restful

Work

Work verb - To devote serious and sustained effort.
Usage example: the organization has worked for years to raise people's awareness of human rights issues
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Antonyms for Work
Rest is an antonym for work in topics: cultivate, manipulate, creation, be employed.
Nearby Words: works, working, worked, workable, worker
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How words are described

old old rest old work
good good rest good work
nice nice rest nice work
best best rest best work
Other adjectives: better, short, original, single, actual, entire, real, extensive, little, bad, main, past, less, next, older, earlier.

Common collocations

thanks rest thanks work thanks
body rest body work body
case rest case work case
way rest way work way
Other words: bit, little, gun, hours, times, spells.

Both words in one sentence

  • They are sent there so they can work for the relative, and won't be a burden, when the rest of the family can't work or get enough money to support themselves.
    Source: Sent Off to Work for Relatives
  • The End of the World as We Know It If they return, they will inhabit human bodies, tear down man's cities, destroy the countryside, destroy half the human race, enslave the rest and work them until they die before moving onto another world.
    Source: The End of the World as We Know It
  • It's optional throughout the rest of Victoria, and the rest of the country fronts up to work as usual each first Tuesday in November.
    Source: SoCalization
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