bed rest

1. 1.

   confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons)

   Synonymsbedrest

   Broaderrest

Questions about bed rest

What does bed rest mean?

bed rest means "confinement to bed continuously (as in the case of some sick or injured persons)".

What is another word for bed rest?

Close synonyms include bedrest. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bed rest a common word?

bed rest is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.