Antonyms for sleeper
ˈsli pərsleep·er

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1. sleepernoun

   Synonyms:
   tie

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1. sleeper, slumberernoun

   a rester who is sleeping

   Synonyms:
   slumberer, sleeper goby, crosstie, tie, wagon-lit, railroad tie, sleeping car

2. sleepernoun

   a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal

   Synonyms:
   tie, sleeping car, railroad tie, slumberer, crosstie, wagon-lit, sleeper goby

3. sleepernoun

   an unexpected achiever of success

   "the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it"

   Synonyms:
   tie, sleeping car, railroad tie, slumberer, crosstie, wagon-lit, sleeper goby

4. tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleepernoun

   one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

   "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"

   Synonyms:
   crosstie, tie-up, standoff, wagon-lit, linkup, necktie, tie, draw, tie-in, affiliation, link, sleeper goby, association, slumberer, sleeping car, railroad tie, tie beam

5. sleeping car, sleeper, wagon-litnoun

   a passenger car that has berths for sleeping

   Synonyms:
   sleeping car, sleeper goby, crosstie, tie, wagon-lit, slumberer, railroad tie

6. sleepernoun

   pajamas with feet; worn by children

   Synonyms:
   tie, sleeping car, railroad tie, slumberer, crosstie, wagon-lit, sleeper goby

7. sleepernoun

   a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed

   Synonyms:
   tie, sleeping car, railroad tie, slumberer, crosstie, wagon-lit, sleeper goby

8. sleeper, sleeper gobynoun

   tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water

   Synonyms:
   slumberer, sleeper goby, crosstie, tie, wagon-lit, railroad tie, sleeping car

9. sleepernoun

   an unexpected hit

   "that movie was the sleeper of the summer"

   Synonyms:
   tie, sleeping car, railroad tie, slumberer, crosstie, wagon-lit, sleeper goby

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1. sleepernoun

   Synonyms:
   slumberer, drone, sluggard, tie, joist

How to use sleeper in a sentence?

1. Greek Proverb:

   The net of the sleeper catches fish.

2. Frank Herbert:

   Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

3. Peter Earnest:

   They were meant to be sleepers, typically an illegal sent to another country is a sleeper. He or she is available to handle a very sensitive asset, or in the case of wartime, or some sort of confrontation, be available.

4. Tasha Fuiava:

   I’m actually a heavy sleeper. So when she told me ‘bunker down with the boys’ and go to sleep, I knocked out like the dead. It didn’t phase me.

5. Rand Paul:

   The race was a bit of a sleeper.

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