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. Christopher Jones:

   This leaves open the possibility that, in a boring fMRI scanner they have nothing to do to keep them awake and thus fall asleep.

2. Eric Schmitt-Matzen:

   Eric Schmitt-Matzen, a mechanical engineer and president of Packing Seals Engineering in Jacksboro, Tenn., told news outlets Eric Schmitt-Matzen arrived at the unidentified hospital and met the boy’s mother and family members, who were also unidentified. A nurse had called with the special request and given Eric Schmitt-Matzen a toy to offer the child during his visit, USA Today reported. When I walked in, Eric Schmitt-Matzen was laying there so weak, it looked like Eric Schmitt-Matzen was ready to fall asleep.

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. Michael Miller:

   Some patients with a loud faulty valve can even hear the sound of their valve at night when they are trying to fall asleep.

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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