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well-rested

well-rested adjective: having had sufficient (or even more than enough) sleep or rest to function optimally during waking hours.

Adjective

well-rested (comparative more well-rested, superlative most well-rested)

  1. Having had sufficient (or even more than enough) sleep or rest to function optimally during waking hours.

Forms of well-rested

comparativemore well-rested
superlativemost well-rested
alternative form (rare)wellrested

Origin of well-rested

From well + rested. Compare Middle English ful restid (“well-rested”, literally “fully rested”).

Questions about well-rested

What does well-rested mean?
Well-rested means having had sufficient (or even more than enough) sleep or rest to function optimally during waking hours.
What part of speech is well-rested?
Well-rested is an adjective.

Words near well-rested in the dictionary

  1. well-read
  2. well-received
  3. well-regarded
  4. well-regulated
  5. well-respected
  6. well-rested
  7. well-room
  8. well-rooms
  9. well-rounded
  10. well-run
  11. well-seen

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