Synonyms for recline

Most common

couch · repose · lie · lie down

All synonyms

Verb

Antonyms

sit up, stand, rise

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To cause to lean back; to bend back.

Related words

Word family

recliner

Forms

Past participle

reclined
e.g. reclined → couched, reposed, lied, rested…

Example sentences

• lie Such an honest man as John cannot have told a lie.
• couch "Where is Grandma?" "She's sleeping on the couch."
• repose His brief repose was interrupted by her arrival.
• lounge Tom came into the lounge, carrying a cup of coffee.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

lie¹

4 letters

rest¹, lean¹, loll¹

5 letters

couch¹, slope¹

6 letters

lounge¹, repose², recumb

8 letters

supinate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (repose² = 2 syllables).