List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 301

SYNONYMS: prone, supine, prostrate, recumbent.
These adjectives mean lying down, as on the ground.

Prone refers to lying face downward with the front of the body facing the surface on which it rests: The spaniel lay prone on the floor.
Supine means lying down on the back: The victim was supine on the stretcher.
Prostrate denotes lying down flat or at full length: the prostrate trunk of a coconut tree. The word often implies that a prone or a supine position has been assumed out of humiliation, submission, helplessness, or physical or emotional incapacity: As he lay prostrate he implored for life.
Recumbent means lying down in a position of comfort or rest: The picnickers were recumbent on thick moss under a big tree.