sleep

Nouns

  • (n) 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
    slumber,
  • (n) a torpid state resembling deep sleep sopor,
  • (n) a period of time spent sleeping
    • he felt better after a little sleep
    • there wasn't time for a nap
    nap,
  • (n) 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
    eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus, rest,

Verbs

Synonyms

catch some Z's kip log Z's slumber sopor nap eternal rest eternal sleep quietus rest

Antonyms

wake

See also

sleep in sleep late live in sleep out live out

Words of close approximity

sleek sleet
sled slew
sleek sleet slews
sleep apnea sleep around sleep deprivation sleep disorder sleeper sleeper cell sleeper goby sleeper nest sleepily sleep in sleepiness sleeping sleeping accommodation sleeping around sleeping bag sleeping beauty sleeping capsule sleeping car sleeping draught sleeping hibiscus sleeping partner sleeping pill sleeping room sleeping sickness sleeping tablet sleep late sleep-learning sleepless sleeplessly sleeplessness sleepless person sleep off sleep out sleepover sleep over sleep talking sleep terror disorder sleep together sleepwalk sleepwalker sleepwalking sleepwear sleep with sleepy sleepy dick sleepy-eyed sleepyhead sleepyheaded sleepy sickness