restful

/ˈrɛstfəl/

/ˈrestfʊl/

Something that's restful soothes you or helps you to relax. At the end of a long, busy day, a hot bath can be restful.

Chasing your three year-old cousin around a playground in the hot sun for an hour isn't particularly restful, but you might follow that up with a restful nap in a comfortable hammock. Anything peaceful and quiet is restful. The word adds the suffix -ful, "full of" or "characterized by," to rest, which comes from a Germanic root meaning "rest, repose, or peace."

Definitions of restful

1. adjective

   affording physical or mental rest
   “she spent a restful night at home”

   synonyms: relaxing, reposeful

   slumberous, slumbrous

   quiet and tranquil

   antonyms:

   restless

   lacking or not affording physical or mental rest