at rest
Completely without motion
At rest describes something stationary or motionless: The pendulum came to rest.
For people, it means relaxed or sleeping, free from activity or anxiety: She seemed at rest for the first time in weeks.
The phrase serves as a gentler way to describe death: He is finally at rest.
In physics, at rest specifies zero velocity relative to a frame of reference.
Inactive but capable
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
- staticWithout motion or change
- stationaryNot in motion
immobile · motionless · stagnant · unmoving · latent · quiescent · mothballed · unused
Calm and untroubled
- sereneUntroubled and composed
- calmFree from agitation
- contentWhat something contains
- relaxedFree of stress
untroubled · composed · placid · settled · soothed · comfortable · unbothered · secure
In a state of rest
- slumberingIn a state of rest
- nappingSleeping briefly, often midday
- dozingLightly, briefly unconscious
- snoozingLightly asleep
drowsing · resting · reposing · dreaming · unconscious · lying down · bedded · tucked in
dormant
Inactive but capable
- idleWithout activity or purpose
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
- staticWithout motion or change
stationary · immobile · motionless · stagnant · unmoving · latent · quiescent · mothballed · unused · parked
tranquil
Calm and untroubled
relaxed · untroubled · composed · placid · settled · soothed · comfortable · unbothered · secure · safe
asleep
In a state of rest
- slumberingIn a state of rest
- nappingSleeping briefly, often midday
- dozingLightly, briefly unconscious
snoozing · drowsing · resting · reposing · dreaming · unconscious · lying down · bedded · tucked in · eyes closed
buried
Placed beneath earth
- body positionslying down, flat, upright, standing, sitting
- Euphemismspass away, passed away, passed on, expecting, with child
- motion statesmoving, stationary, in motion, still, motionless
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- stillnessstillness, motionless, motionlessness, immobility, unmoving
- Idle Phrasesidle hands, twiddling thumbs, killing time, doing nothing, sitting around
at restin motion
Currently changing position
moving · in transit · traveling · kinetic · in flight
rest, at, restful, restless, restart, restate, restlessness, restfulness, restlessly