Synonyms for SLEEPING
sleep·ing

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1. sleepingnoun

   the state of being asleep

   Synonyms:
   dormancy, quiescency, quiescence

   Antonyms:
   waking, vertical, erect, upright

2. quiescence, quiescency, dormancy, sleepingnoun

   quiet and inactive restfulness

   Synonyms:
   sleeping, dormancy, quiescency, quiescence

   Antonyms:
   waking, upright, erect, vertical

3. sleepingadjective

   the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

   Synonyms:
   dormancy, quiescency, quiescence

   Antonyms:
   waking, vertical, erect, upright

4. dormant(ip), sleepingadjective

   lying with head on paws as if sleeping

   Antonyms:
   waking, upright, erect, vertical

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1. dozing

   Submitted by anonymous on December 16, 2019  

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1. sleepingadjective

   Synonyms:
   asleep, slumbering, dormant

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1. List of paraphrases for "sleeping":

   sleep, sor, asleep, layer, hibernate, sleeps, sleeper, coating, bed

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How to use SLEEPING in a sentence?

1. Vere Hodges Johnson:

   I kinda remember being really irritated once in awhile when they'd turn the lights on me, i like sleeping.

2. Rogatien Kitenge:

   The message was badly conveyed, going so far as to say (to pygmy women) that it was necessary to start sleeping with Bantu men. the water might be calm, but you can have crocodiles inside.

3. Richard Cartier:

   If there's no justice here, there will be no justice for anybody, because it can happen to anyone, it just takes our breath away. The family has not grieved the way they should be grieving. We have not slept the way we should be sleeping.

4. Cameron Wilson:

   I think they're just not into football, nobody will tell you that. For a long time, even I was that person who was an advocate, saying :' Yeah there's a lot of potential here, it's a sleeping giant and it's a massive goldmine waiting to be discovered.'.

5. Sharon Cooksey:

   The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recommend that a carbon monoxide alarm be placed on every floor of the home and also outside of every sleeping area.