Restful

Definition: Restful

Restful

Adjective

1. Affording or marked by rest or repose; "the time spent was pleasant and relaxing"; "a restful night"; "a cool and reposeful glen".

Date "restful" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1595. (references)

Synonyms: Restful

Synonyms: relaxing (adj), reposeful (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Quiescence	Adjective: quiescent, still; motionless, moveless; fixed; stationary; immotile; at rest at a stand, at a standstill, at anchor; stock, still; standing still; Verb: sedentary, untraveled, stay-at-home; becalmed, stagnant, quiet; unmoved, undisturbed, unruffled; calm, restful; cataleptic; immovable; (stable); sleeping; (inactive); silent; still as a statue, still as a post, still as a mouse, still as death; vegetative, vegetating.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Restful

English words defined with "restful": Easeful ♦ quietly ♦ relaxing, reposeful, restfully, restfulness. (references)

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

And then I had a restful, nice luncheonwith 4 lawyers. (Dinner at Eight; writing credit: George S. Kaufman; Edna Ferber)

Yeah, very restful, no phone calls. (Under Siege 2: Dark Territory; writing credit: Richard Hatem)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Hilda's Restful Chair (reference) International minds and the search for the restful (reference) Pathways: Restful Meditations (reference) Restful Revitalizing Sleep (reference) The Tug of Home: Restful Words for Weary Families (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Restful Sleep with Hypnosis (Insomnia) (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	War workers' nursery. Encouraging a restful game after strenuous exercise, a nursery school supervisor helps youngsters identify animals in picture book.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
William Shakespeare	Tir'd with all these, for restful death I cry.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		As a result, the person's mind is able to stop "racing," the muscles can relax, and restful sleep can occur. (references)
		You can train yourself to associate certain restful activities with sleep and make them part of your bedtime ritual. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Restful" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.20% of the time. "Restful" is used about 125 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.2%	124	28,785
Noun (proper)	0.8%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	125	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "restful"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		qetësues (anodyne, assuagement, balmy, bland, calming, comforting, demulcent, depressant, drug, easeful, lenitive, pacificatory, painkiller, palliative, paregoric, reposeful, sedative, soother, soothing, tranquilizer), ilaç qetësues, çlodhës (recreative, recuperative). (various references)

Arabic		‏مسترخ (relaxed, relaxing), ‏مريح (agreeable, calming, comfort, comfortable, convenient, cosy, easeful, easy, easygoing, refreshing, relaxing, smooth, snug, soothing), ‏هادئ (calm, cloistered, composed, cool, dispassionate, easygoing, even, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, peaceable, peaceful, piping, placid, possessed, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, self possessed, serene, sober, steady, still, tranquil, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmoved, unruffled, windless). (various references)

Bulgarian		успокоителен (calmative, comfortable, comforting, composing, emollient, grateful, lenitive, palliative, placatory, reposeful, sedative), спокоен (arcadian, calm, clear, collected, contented, cool, dreamy, easeful, easy, equable, equal, even tempered, even-minded, halcyon, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, leisurely, level, nerveless, peaceful, philosophical, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, secure, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, settled, smooth, soft, staid, steady, steady-going, still, stirless, unalarmed, unbuttoned, unconcerned, undisturbed, uneventful, unflappable, unmolested, unruffled, untroubled), тих (airless, breathless, calm, canny, dreamy, halcyon, low, noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, silent, sleepy, slow, small, soft, stealthy, still, stilly, tearless, tranquil, under, uneventful), мирен (amicable, halcyon, law abiding, peaceable, peaceful, pi, piping, quiet, still). (various references)

Chinese		安生 (peaceful, quiet, still). (various references)

Czech		rekreaèní (recreational), uklidòující (balmy, calming, easeful, emollient, placatory, sedative, soothing), tichý (calm, mum, noiseless, Pacific, peaceable, quiet, silent, soundless, still, stock-still, subdued, tacit, tranquil, unspoken), pokojný (composed, Pacific, peaceful, still, tranquil), osvìžující (bracing, exhilarating, recreative, refreshing, refrigerant), klidný (calm, collected, composed, cool, easy, halcyon, impassive, imperturbable, laid back, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, silent, smooth, sober, still, temperate, tranquil, uneventful, unmoved, unperturbed). (various references)

Farsi		پراسایش . (various references)

Finnish		lepuuttava. (various references)

French		reposant (recreative, refreshing, relaxing), tranquille (rested), calme. (various references)

German		ruhig (calm, calmly, cold, collectedly, composed, composedly, easeful, easy, level, orderly, peaceable, peaceful, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiescently, quiet, quietly, relaxed, reposeful, restfully, sedate, sedately, self-composed, serene, silent, smooth, smoothly, staid, steadily, steady, still, stilly, subdued, tranquil, tranquilly, uneventful, unexcited, unflustered, unharried, unruffled, untroubled). (various references)

Greek		ξεκουραστικόσ (refreshing), αναπαυτικόσ (comfortable, convenient, cosy, cozy, reposeful, snug). (various references)

Hebrew		מרגיע (abirritant, bland, relaxing), מניח (calming, pacifying, soothing), נח (at rest, reclinate). (various references)

Hungarian		nyugalmas (calm, easeful, pacific, quiescent), pihentető (refreshing), csendes (calm, low, mum, Pacific, peaceful, quiescent, quiet, sequestered, serene, silent, still, stilly, tranquil, unruffled, whist). (various references)

Indonesian		penuh ketenangan. (various references)

Italian		riposante (anodyne), tranquillo (calm, cool, easy, even tempered, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, quiet, secure, smooth, still, tranquil, unexcited). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		平穏 (calm, peaceful, quiet, tranquil), 安らか (calm, peaceful, tranquil). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		やすらか (calm, peaceful, tranquil), へいおん (calm, peaceful, quiet, the usual temperature, tranquil). (various references)

Manx		lane fea, feagh (at rest, calm, composed, docile, piano, quiet, still). (various references)

Pig Latin		estfulray

Portuguese		repousante (sober-blooded), repousado (reposeful), tranquilo (calm, cool-headed, deep-seated, easel, even-minded, half-light, order paper, pacific ocean, passions, peaceable, peaceful, peacemaker, piping hot, placidity, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, rested, sedate, self possessed, self-collected, settled, smooth, sober-blooded, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcerned, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirred), sossegado (calm, half-light, Pacific, peace loving, peaceable, placid, quiescent, quiet, sedate, sequestered, serene, silent, sober-blooded, still, stilly, tranquil), sereno (calm, canny, composed, cool-headed, dew, even-minded, half-light, peace loving, peaceable, peaceful, piping, placid, quiet, reposeful, self possessed, self-collected, serene, smooth, sober-blooded, staid, stilly, tranquil, unflappable, unruffled, untroubled), calmo (calm, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, Douce, even, even-minded, halcyon, half-light, impervious, irretentive, leisurely, mild, noiseless, passionless, peace loving, peaceable, peaceful, philosophical, philosophical belief, phloem, placable, placid, plodder, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, self-collected, sequestered, serene, smooth, sober, sober-blooded, staid, still, stilly, tranquil, uneventful, unprovoked, unruffled, unstirred, untroubled), agradável (agreeable, amiable, comely, congenial, cushy, delectable, delightful, easy, enjoyable, entertaining, fine, genial, Gladstone, glory, good humoured, good natured, good-humored, goodly, gracious, grate, gratefully, Hale, hopeful, kindly, lovely, merry, music box, musical comedy, neat, nice, nutty, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, racy, she is pretty, snug, sober-blooded, soft, songful, stunner, suave, taking, welcome, well done, well-natured). (various references)

Romanian		paşnic (irenic, orderly, Pacific, pacifically, peace loving, peaceable, peaceably, peaceful, peacefully, placid, quiet), odihnitor (appeasing, composing, grateful, mild, recreating, relaxing, reposeful, reposing, resting, soothing), liniştitor (assuasive, balmy, calming, composing, easeful, reassuring, restfully, softening, soothing), liniştit (breathless, calm, calmly, comfortable, composed, cool, dead, dispassionate, easy, even, gentle, gently, gently-sloping, halcyon, imperturbable, in comfortable circumstances, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, passive, peaceable, peaceful, peacefully, placid, placidly, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, secure, sedate, serene, silent, slow, smooth, sober, soft, still, tranquil, unabashed, unruffled, untroubled). (various references)

Russian		успокоительный (calmatige, mitigatory, pacificatory, reposeful, sedative, soothing), успокоительное (sedative, tranquilizer). (various references)

Scottish		foiseil (peaceful). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		miran (calm, composed, douce, halcyon, orderly, peaceful, placid, quiet, reposeful, smooth, still, stilly, tranquil). (various references)

Spanish		sosegado (appeased, calm, composed, relaxed, sedate, tranquil). (various references)

Swedish		rogivande (opiate, soothing), lugn (calm, comfortable, comfy, composed, composure, cool, cool-headed, coolness, countenance, dispassionate, ease, easiness, easy, equability, equable, impassive, impassivity, imperturbability, imperturbable, leisurely, low pressure, orderly, peace, peaceful, philosophical, phlegm, placid, quiescence, quiescency, quiescent, quiet, quietness, quietude, repose, sedate, self controlled, self possessed, sequestered, serene, serenity, sheltered, sobriety, tranquil, tranquility, tranquillity, undisturbed, unhurried, unruffled). (various references)

Turkish		rahat (at ease, at rest, cavalier, comfort, comfortable, comfy, complacent, composure, cosy, cushioned, cushy, ease, easy, facile, leisure, luxurious, peace, rest, serene, snug, unconstrained, unconventional, undisturbed, unembarassed, untroubled), sessiz sakin, huzurlu (calm, easy, peaceful, quiet, reposeful, serene, tranquil), huzur veren (balmy, balsamic, calming, piping, quiet, relaxing, smooth, soothing), dinlendirici (balmy, balsamic, calming, quiet, recreative, relaxing, reposeful, soothing). (various references)

Ukranian		спокійний (balanced, calm, canny, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, deft, easeful, even-minded, halcyon, impassive, laidback, leisurable, orderly, placid, quiescent, quiet, relaxed, reposeful, secure, sound, together, tranquil, unruffled), заспокійливий (assuasive, balsamic, calmative, comfortable, composing, conciliative, conciliatory, demulcent, easeful, lenitive, nepenthean, obtundent, pacificatory, placatory, propitiatory, reposeful, sedative). (various references)

Vietnamese		yên tĩnh; thuận tiện cho sự nghỉ ngơi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "restful": restfuller, restfullest, restfully, restfulness, restfulnesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "restful": unrestful. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Restful" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dressful, Erstfeld, pesfull, restaffed, restaur, rijstafel. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "restful" (pronounced re"stful)
6	-e" s t f u l	zestful.
5	-s t f u l	boastful, distasteful, distrustful, fistful, lustful, mistrustful, tasteful, wasteful, wistful.
4	-t f u l	artful, deceitful, delightful, disrespectful, doubtful, eventful, fateful, fitful, forgetful, fretful, frightful, fruitful, grateful, hateful, hurtful, insightful, neglectful, regretful, resentful, respectful, rightful, spiteful, tactful, thoughtful, uneventful, ungrateful.
3	-f u l	apocryphal, awful, baffle, baleful, bashful, beautiful, blissful, bountiful, careful, cheerful, colorful, disdainful, disgraceful, doleful, dreadful, duffel, dutiful, faithful, falafel, fanciful, fearful, flavorful, forceful, gainful, gleeful, graceful, harmful, healthful, helpful, hopeful, houseful, joyful, kerfuffle, lawful, masterful, meaningful, merciful, mindful, mournful, muffle, needful, painful, panful, peaceful, pitiful, playful, plentiful, powerful, prayerful, purposeful, raffle, remorseful, reshuffle, resourceful, riffle, rifle, rueful, ruffle, scornful, scuffle, shameful, shuffle, sinful, skillful, sorrowful, soulful, stifle, stressful, successful, suspenseful, tearful, thankful, trifle, triumphal, truffle, truthful, tuneful, unfaithful, unhealthful, unhelpful, unlawful, unsuccessful, untruthful, useful, vengeful, waffle, watchful, willful, wishful, woeful, wonderful, worshipful, wrongful, youthful.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: fluster, fluters.
	Words within the letters "e-f-l-r-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: fluter, flutes, luster, lustre, result, rustle, sutler, ulster.
	-2 letters: felts, fetus, flues, flute, frets, fuels, furls, fusel, lefts, lures, lutes, rules, trues, tules, turfs.
	-3 letters: efts, erst, felt, fets, feus, flue, flus, fret, fuel, furl, furs, fuse, left, lest, lets, lues, lure, lust, lute, refs, reft, rest, rets, rues, rule, ruse, rust, ruts.
	Words containing the letters "e-f-l-r-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: flouters, flusters, flutters, frustule, refutals, sulfuret, truffles, turfless.
	+2 letters: filatures, flaunters, fluorites, flustered, fruitless, fruitlets, frustules, masterful, resentful, restfully, resultful, ruffliest, stressful, sulfurets, ultrasafe, unrestful, uplifters.
	+3 letters: artfulness, defaulters, filibuster, flustering, flutterers, formulates, fulgurates, fulgurites, futureless, respectful, restfuller, sulfureted, trisulfide.
	+4 letters: butterflies, carefullest, distressful, fearfullest, featureless, filibusters, fluorescent, fluoridates, fluorinates, flusteredly, fretfulness, frugalities, fruitlessly, hurtfulness, interfluves, lactiferous, masterfully, outfielders, pitcherfuls, pitchersful, platterfuls, plattersful, pluperfects, prestigeful, quatrefoils, resentfully, restfullest, restfulness, ruthfulness, spitefuller, stressfully, sulfureting, sulfuretted, superfluity, tearfulness, trisulfides, tumblerfuls, ultrafiches.
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