Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb recline

3 senses of recline

Sense 1
lean back, recline -- (move the upper body backwards and down)
       => lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle -- (to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister")

Sense 2
recline -- (cause to recline; "She reclined her head on the pillow")
       => put, set, place, pose, position, lay -- (put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point")

Sense 3
recumb, repose, recline -- (lean in a comfortable resting position; "He was reposing on the couch")
       => lie -- (be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf")