Fall asleep

Synonyms for "fall asleep" (29 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (6)

Verb(1 words)
dope off
Noun(2 words)
dozedoze off

Strong matches (9)

Verb(5 words)
doze offdrift offdrop offdrowse offflake out
Noun(2 words)
dozing offdrift off

Related words (14)

gogo outnodpartpasspass awaypass onpass overperishsuccumb
Noun(3 words)
go to sleepnodding offsleep onset
Verb(1 words)
nod off

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

4 entries

More specific

4 entries
doze offdozing offnodding offslumber onset

Collocations

10 entries
dozing offfall asleep after lunchfall asleep at nightfall asleep during classfall asleep easilyfall asleep quicklyfall asleep while readingnodding offrapid sleep onsetsleep onset

Inflections

5 entries
fall asleep eventsfallen asleepfalling asleepfalls asleepfell asleep

Derivations

3 entries
asleepsleepsleep onset

Antonyms

1 entries
wake up

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She wakened in sharp panic, bewildered by the grotesquerie of some half-remembered dream in contrast with the harshness of inclement fact, drowsily realizing that since she had fallen asleep it had come on to rain smartly out of a shrouded sky.

Source: wiktionary

My left leg has fallen asleep!

Source: wiktionary

And he kneeled downe, and cried with a loud voice, Lord lay not this sinne to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleepe. And Saul was consenting vnto his death.

Source: wiktionary