Antonyms for fall asleepfall asleep

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1. fall asleepverb

   Antonyms:
   awake, awaken, wake, wake up

   Synonyms:
   go to sleep, pass away, pass over, drift off, pass, nod off, drop off

2. fall asleepverb

   To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.

   Antonyms:
   awake, awaken, wake up, wake

   Synonyms:
   pass away, go to sleep, nod off, pass, drift off, drop off, pass over

3. fall asleepverb

   To die

   John Doe, fell asleep 1 January 2001.

   Synonyms:
   go to sleep, pass away, nod off, drift off, drop off, pass, pass over

   Antonyms:
   awake, wake, wake up, awaken

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1. fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse offverb

   change from a waking to a sleeping state

   "he always falls asleep during lectures"

   Antonyms:
   waken, awake, arouse, wake up, come alive, awaken, wake

   Synonyms:
   flake out, nod off, slip, put down, drop away, doze off, discharge, fall behind, fall back, lose, set down, drop, fall away, drift off, recede, drop off, drowse off, unload, dope off

How to use fall asleep in a sentence?

1. ― Dr. Seuss:

   You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”

2. William Claude Dunkenfield (W. C. Fields):

   California is the only state in the union where you can fall asleep under a rose bush in full bloom and freeze to death.

3. Amazing Lash Studio execs:

   Often we get asked if having lash extensions applied will hurt, and that's also a common misperception as the application process is so comfortable that the majority of our guests fall asleep and take what we like to call a lash nap, you can shower, swim, exercise and sweat and they will stay intact. It's a common misconception that they are more temporary or that swimming and contact with water is prohibited.

4. Russell Rosenberg:

   It also affects relationships quite dramatically. Narcoleptics say they fall asleep while having sex or are too tired to have sex, or are irritable.

5. Michael Grandner:

   If you can stop whatever you doing, just about any place and any time of day, and sit down and immediately fall asleep, that's a problem.

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