Nap

//næp//

Synonyms for "nap" (87 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (18)

doze pile sleep snooze blanket drill break cat nap catch wink catnap dover

Noun(6 words)

sleep bed booger(s)cark catnap crusty doss

Verb(2 words)

catch a wink catnap

Strong matches (26)

Related words (43)

oversleep pause pit pock protuberance relax repose respite rest saw logs saw wood shag siesta sleep soundly slumber snore spot of sleep structure surface surface texture

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take a nap take nap texture unlax wale weave wink wink of sleep woof yawn

Noun(12 words)

pile rest short sleep shut-eye sleeper sleepies sleepy sleepy booger(s)sleepy dust sleepy sand snooze swear

Verb(1 words)

snooze

Related word relations

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

8 relation types

More general

14 entries

card game cards catch some Z's kip log Z's period period of time sleep sleeping slumber texture thread time period yarn

Synonyms

6 entries

doze napoleon pile sleep snooze take nap

derived

29 entries

Napgate Napster catch napping catnap contact nap dirt nap disco nap dognap go nap have a nap kidnap micronap nanna nap nap dress nap hand nap it

Showing 16 of 29 words.

etymologically related_to

3 entries

kidnap libfix nab

has context

4 entries

british card games cooking dialectal northern england scotland

is a

5 entries

short sleeping texture time of rest way to re energize

manner of

1 entries

sleep

related to

17 entries

bet bid card game common direction fabric fuzzy hair horse racing leather napoleon pile sleep soft surface tip

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Translations

206 translations across 53 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

κροκύς noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)

Arabic

4 entries

تعسيلة noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
سِنَة noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
قيلولة noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
قَيْلولة noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Basque

1 entries

kuluxka noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Belarusian

2 entries

каро́ткі сон noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
драма́ць verb (to have a nap)

Bulgarian

4 entries

дря́мка noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
мъх noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
дре́мвам verb (to have a nap)
дре́мя verb (to have a nap)

Catalan

4 entries

becaina noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
capcinada noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
migdiada noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
sesta noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

午睡 noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
小睡 noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
午睡 verb (to have a nap)
小睡 verb (to have a nap)

Czech

4 entries

šlofík noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
dát si šlofíka verb (to have a nap)
schrupnout si verb (to have a nap)
zdřímnout si verb (to have a nap)

Danish

1 entries

lur noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Dutch

2 entries

dutje noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
een dutje doen verb (to have a nap)

Esperanto

1 entries

siesto noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Estonian

4 entries

suigatus noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
tukastus noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
uinak noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
suigatama verb (to have a nap)

Finnish

4 entries

nap noun (card game)
napoleon noun (card game)
nokkaunet noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
nokoset noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

French

4 entries

roupillon noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
sieste noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
somme noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
faire la sieste verb (to have a nap)

Galician

4 entries

sesta noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
soneca noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
adormexar verb (to have a nap)
cochar verb (to have a nap)

Georgian

4 entries

თვლემა noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
რული noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
ჩათვლემა noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
წათვლემა noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

German

4 entries

Flocke noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
Flor noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
Nickerchen noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
Noppe noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)

Greek

3 entries

υπνάκος noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
χνούδι noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
ελαφροκοιμάμαι verb (to have a nap)

Hebrew

1 entries

שנ״צ noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Hindi

1 entries

झपकी noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Hungarian

4 entries

boholy noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
bolyh noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
szundi noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
szundikálás noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Icelandic

1 entries

blundur noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Ingrian

1 entries

nukka noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

پُرْز noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
چُرْت noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Irish

2 entries

bruth noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
caitín noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)

Italian

4 entries

napoleone noun (card game)
pelucco noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
pennichella noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
pisolino noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Japanese

4 entries

昼寝 noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
毛羽 noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
毳々 noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
転寝 noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Khmer

4 entries

ល្បក់ noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
សមាហារ noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
ដេក verb (to have a nap)
ដេកមួយល្បក់ verb (to have a nap)

Korean

2 entries

낮잠 noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
낮잠을 자다 verb (to have a nap)

Latin

1 entries

intervigilium noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Latvian

4 entries

snauda noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
snaudiens noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
uzkārsums noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
snaust verb (to have a nap)

Lithuanian

2 entries

pogulis noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
pokaitis noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Macedonian

1 entries

дремка noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Malay

4 entries

meridap noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
ridap noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
tidur siang noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
مريدڤ noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Marathi

1 entries

डुलकी noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Māori

2 entries

kerehunga noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
tawhe noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

lur noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

اویقو noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Polish

2 entries

drzemka noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
drzemać verb (to have a nap)

Portuguese

4 entries

cochilo noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
sesta noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
soneca noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
cochilar verb (to have a nap)

Romanian

4 entries

pui de somn noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
somnișor noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
somnuleț noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
dormita verb (to have a nap)

Russian

4 entries

ворс noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
коро́ткий сон noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
лёгкий сон noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
наполео́н noun (card game)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

dùsal noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
norrag noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
dèan dùsal verb (to have a nap)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dremež noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
dremka noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
drijemež noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
дремка noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Slovak

1 entries

šlofík noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Slovene

4 entries

dremanje noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
dremež noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
kinkanje noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
lȃs noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)

Spanish

4 entries

cabezada noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
camarón noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
motoso noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
siesta noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Swedish

4 entries

lo noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
lugg noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
tupplur noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
ta en tupplur verb (to have a nap)

Tagalog

4 entries

himulmol noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)
hipig noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
idlip noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
mulmol noun (a soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather)

Thai

2 entries

งีบ noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
งีบ verb (to have a nap)

Ukrainian

4 entries

коро́ткий сон noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)
дріма́ти verb (to have a nap)
кема́рити verb (to have a nap)
кима́рити verb (to have a nap)

Urdu

1 entries

جَھپْکی noun (a short period of sleep, especially during the day)

Yiddish

1 entries

כאַפּן אַ דרעמל verb (to have a nap)

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I may give up soon and just nap instead.

Source: tatoeba (1300)

I laid down for a short nap and fell asleep for two hours.

Source: tatoeba (40036)

You may as well take a nap as read such a magazine.

Source: tatoeba (41372)

Well, I watch television, take a nap, or take a walk in the park nearby.

Source: tatoeba (51131)

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