Synonyms for sleep
slip

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. sleep, slumber(noun)

   a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

   "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"

   Synonyms:
   eternal sleep, nap, sopor, eternal rest, quietus, slumber, rest

   Antonyms:
   wake

2. sleep, sopor(noun)

   a torpid state resembling deep sleep

   Synonyms:
   eternal sleep, nap, sopor, eternal rest, quietus, slumber, rest

   Antonyms:
   wake

3. 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, nap, sopor, eternal rest, snooze, quietus, pile, cat sleep, slumber, forty winks, short sleep, rest, catnap

   Antonyms:
   wake

4. rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus(verb)

   euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

   "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep"

   Synonyms:
   remainder, relief, sopor, relaxation, respite, repose, balance, ease, residuum, rest, rest period, residual, nap, eternal sleep, residue, eternal rest, slumber, quietus

   Antonyms:
   wake

5. sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's(verb)

   be asleep

   Synonyms:
   kip, catch some Z's, slumber, log Z's

   Antonyms:
   wake

6. sleep(verb)

   be able to accommodate for sleeping

   "This tent sleeps six people"

   Synonyms:
   kip, catch some Z's, slumber, log Z's

   Antonyms:
   wake

English Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. sleep

   Ease denotes freedom from cause of disturbance, whether external or internal. Quiet denotes freedom from agitation, or especially from annoying sounds. Rest is a cessation of activity especially of wearying or painful activity. Recreation is some pleasing activity of certain organs or faculties that affords rest to other parts of our nature that have become weary. Repose is a laying down, primarily of the body, and figuratively a similar freedom from toil or strain of mind. Repose is more complete than rest; a pause is a momentary cessation of activity; a black-smith finds a temporary rest while the iron is heating, but he does not yield to repose; in a pause of battle a soldier rests on his arms; after the battle the victor reposes on his laurels. Sleep is the perfection of repose, the most complete rest; slumber is a light and ordinarily pleasant form of sleep. In the figurative sense, rest of mind, soul, conscience, is not mere cessation of activity, but a pleasing, tranquil relief from all painful and wearying activity; repose is even more deep, tranquil, and complete.

   Synonyms:
   calm, calmness, cessation, ease, intermission, pause, peace, peacefulness, quiescence, quiet, quietness, quietude, recreation, repose, rest, slumber, stay, stillness, stop, tranquillity

   Antonyms:
   agitation, commotion, disquiet, disturbance, excitement, motion, movement, restlessness, rush, stir, strain, toil, tumult, unrest, work

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. sleep(v)

   Synonyms:
   slumber, doze, drowse, snooze, repose

   Antonyms:
   be awake

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

1. sleep(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   SLUMBER, doze, drowse, nap, repose, fall asleep, drop asleep, take a nap, SIESTA

2. sleep(n.)

   Synonyms:
   slumber, repose, rest

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. sleep(n)

   Synonyms:
   slumber, repose, nap, doze, drowse, snooze, dozing, siesta, dormancy, lethargy, trance, sopor, coma, carus, somnipathy, somnolism, dogsleep

   Associated words:
   hypnology, hypnotic, agrypnotic, hypnosis, hypnotism, narcotic, opiate, dwale, somniloquence, somniloquism, somnial, somniferous, hypnophobia, hypnogogic, stupefacient, mesmeric, soporific, dormitive, soporiferous, soporous, somnific, somnolent, somniloquous, antihypnotic, morphean, oversleep, morphine, narcosis, lullaby, incubation, hypnogenic, mara, morpheus, hypnos, somnus, dormitory, diurnation, cubicle, insomniac, hibernation, somnipathist, somniloquist, agrypnia, wake, awaken

2. sleep(v)

   Synonyms:
   slumber, repose, doze, drowse, lie dormant, hibernate, lodge

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

1. List of paraphrases for "sleep":

   sleeping, sor, slept, asleep, bed, slumber, layer, suspension, dream, hibernate, bed., shutdown, dodo, hanger, bedding, night

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How to use sleep in a sentence?

1. Gideon Lack:

   Lack of sleep can be pretty devastating for babies and Gideon Lack families.

2. Charles Bukowski:

   Frankly, I was horrified by life, at what a man had to do simply in order to eat, sleep, and keep himself clothed. So I stayed in bed and drank. When you drank the world was still out there, but for the moment it didn’t have you by the throat.

3. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   When the enemy is awake and around, don't ever shut your eyes even for a single second no matter how sweet and tempting the sleep.

4. Dennis Styne:

   Parents ca n’t change their genes, but they can instill good habits in their children, like when they should go to sleep and what foods they should eat.

5. Jeremy Bernard:

   The good thing about this job—and perhaps the bad thing—is that I am not able to think about the future, one of my predecessors told me that she lost sleep toward the end because people told her she would go on to do great things next, but they never told her what. She warned me that I do have to start thinking about it. I know I do; I just haven't yet. I'm sort of putting my head in the sand.

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