repose

1. 1.

   put or confide something in a person or thing

   “These philosophers reposed the law in the people”

   Broaderput
2. 2.

   be inherent or innate in

   Synonymsrestreside

   Broaderinhere in
3. 3.

   lie when dead

   “Mao reposes in his mausoleum”

   Broaderlie
4. 4.

   lean in a comfortable resting position

   “He was reposing on the couch”

   Synonymsrecumbrecline

   Broaderlie

   Narrowerrest
5. 5.

   put in a horizontal position

   “lay the books on the table”

   “lay the patient carefully onto the bed”

   Synonymslayput down

   Broaderput

   Narrowerraillayblowburyrebury
6. 6.

   to put something (eg trust) in something

   “The nation reposed its confidence in the King”

   Broaderput

1. 1.

   freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility)

   “took his repose by the swimming pool”

   Synonymsresteaserelaxation

   Broaderinactivity

   Narrowerbedrestlazinesslie-inquiescenceleisure
2. 2.

   the absence of mental stress or anxiety

   Synonymspeacepeacefulnesspeace of mindserenityheartseaseataraxis

   Broadertranquillity
3. 3.

   a disposition free from stress or emotion

   Synonymsquietplacidityserenitytranquillitytranquility

   Broadercomposure

   Narrowerataraxia

Other forms of repose

plural

reposes·

past tense

reposed·

present participle

reposing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about repose

What does repose mean?

repose means "put or confide something in a person or thing". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in repose?

repose has 2 syllables: re-pose. The stress falls on "pose". In IPA it is /ɹiˈpoʊz/.

What is another word for repose?

Close synonyms include rest, reside, recumb, recline, lay. 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 repose a common word?

repose 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.

What rhymes with repose?

13 words rhyme with repose. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.