sleeper

Nouns

  • (n) a rester who is sleeping slumberer,
  • (n) 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
  • (n) an unexpected achiever of success
    • the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it
  • (n) one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
    • the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
    crosstie, railroad tie, tie,
  • (n) a passenger car that has berths for sleeping sleeping car, wagon-lit,
  • (n) pajamas with feet; worn by children
  • (n) a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
  • (n) tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water sleeper goby,
  • (n) an unexpected hit
    • that movie was the sleeper of the summer

Synonyms

slumberer crosstie railroad tie tie sleeping car wagon-lit sleeper goby

Words of close approximity

sleepy
sleeper cell sleeper goby sleeper nest