Synonyms for nap
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1. sleep, nap(noun)

   a period of time spent sleeping

   "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"

   Synonyms:
   eternal sleep, sopor, eternal rest, snooze, quietus, pile, cat sleep, slumber, sleep, forty winks, short sleep, rest, catnap

2. nap(noun)

   a soft or fuzzy surface texture

   Synonyms:
   catnap, short sleep, sleep, cat sleep, forty winks, snooze, pile

3. pile, nap(noun)

   the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

   "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, mound, peck, mint, plenty, lot, spile, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, atomic reactor, short sleep, spate, muckle, big money, mass, bundle, pile, snooze, good deal, stack, mountain, galvanic pile, atomic pile, deal, piling, stilt, big bucks, chain reactor, megabucks, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, down, great deal, mess, forty winks, sight, voltaic pile, sleep, cat sleep, cumulus, catnap, cumulation, pot, agglomerate

4. nap, catnap, cat sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snooze(noun)

   sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

   Synonyms:
   snooze, pile, cat sleep, sleep, forty winks, short sleep, catnap

5. Napoleon, nap(verb)

   a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes

   Synonyms:
   snooze, pile, cat sleep, sleep, forty winks, short sleep, catnap

6. nap, catnap, catch a wink(verb)

   take a siesta

   "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"

   Synonyms:
   catnap, catch a wink

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. nap(n.)

   Synonyms:
   v. doze, slumber, drowse, take a short sleep

2. nap(n.)

   Synonyms:
   doze, slumber, short sleep

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "nap":

   naps, pan, siesta, anp, mr, napas, day, npa, bread, napa, nip, pal

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How to use nap in a sentence?

1. Bob Hope:

   I don't generally feel anything until noon then it's time for my nap.

2. Chuangshi Wang:

   In these individuals, a daytime nap seemed to compensate for the lack of sleep at night and to mitigate the risks.

3. Richard Ferber:

   Young children need to nap for optimal performance, you don't want to sleep deprive them to see if they can sleep deeper at night, you want them to sleep the best way.

4. Natalie Dautovich:

   It's the ideal time to engage in a nap because you're sleepy, but still far enough away from bedtime that you'll have the drive to sleep at night.

5. Han Yue:

   It's really meeting a rigid demand as many professionals have a difficult time finding a nice private place to nap.

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