rest home

noun

A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.

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care homenursing homeold people's homeold-age homeold folks' homeretirement homehome
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Meanings

nounrest home (plural rest homes)

plural rest homes

  1. A place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.

    Synonyms: care home, nursing home, old people's home, old-age home, old folks' home, retirement home

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living, such as the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.

Similar
care homenursing homeold people's homeold-age homeold folks' homeretirement home

More synonyms by meaning

nounan institution where people are cared for

Similar
homenursing home
Broader
institution
Also see
homenursing home

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

rest home. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rest%20home

MLA

“rest home.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rest%20home. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rest home,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rest%20home.

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