I'm a light sleeper.
Source: tatoeba (322734)
Sleeper
//ˈsliːpə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "sleeper" (147 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (73)
nembutalnembutal pillopiateopiumpacifierpain killerpalace carparegoricparlor carpassenger carpen yanphenobarbitalphenobarbital sodiumpullmanpullman carpurple heartq carquietenerrafterrailway car
Show 43 more words
rainbowredreeferrefrigerator carroomettescagsecobarbital sodiumseconalseconal pillsedativeshitsleep-inducersleeping beautysleeping carsleeping draughtsleeping pillsleepwalkersleepyheadslugabedsmacksmokersmoking carsodium thiopentalsomnambulistsomnifacientsomniloquistsoothersoothing syrupsoporificstockcartanktartendertranquilizertrucktuinaltuinal pillturpsvanwaggonwhite stuffyellowyellow jacket
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
31 entriesShowing 16 of 31 words.
Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriescapable of
4 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
derived from
1 entriesdesires
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
6 entriesis a
9 entriesnot desires
1 entriesrelated to
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
Translations
54 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- спящ човек noun (someone who sleeps)
- траверса noun (structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards)
Catalan
1 entries- dormilega noun (someone who sleeps)
Dutch
1 entries- slaper noun (someone who sleeps)
Esperanto
1 entries- dormanto noun (someone who sleeps)
Finnish
4 entries- harjoituskorvarengas noun (starter earring)
- kuollut kirjain noun (that which lies dormant, as a law)
- nukkuja noun (someone who sleeps)
- nukkuva agentti noun (spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated)
French
1 entries- dormeur noun (someone who sleeps)
German
4 entries- Fusspfette noun (structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure)
- Futterholz noun (structural timber in a floor perpendicular to the joists and floorboards)
- Fußpfette noun (structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure)
- Fußschwelle noun (structural beam at the bottom of a wall, a roof framework or a similar structure)
Hungarian
1 entries- alvó noun (someone who sleeps)
Irish
2 entries- codlatóir noun (someone who sleeps)
- fáinne cluaise simplí noun (starter earring)
Korean
1 entries- 자는 사람 noun (someone who sleeps)
Latin
1 entries- dormītor noun (someone who sleeps)
Marathi
2 entries- झोपणारा noun (someone who sleeps)
- झोपणारी noun (someone who sleeps)
Polish
1 entries- śpiący noun (someone who sleeps)
Portuguese
2 entries- dorminhoca noun (someone who sleeps)
- dorminhoco noun (someone who sleeps)
Russian
4 entries- диверса́нт noun (spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated)
- крот noun (spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated)
- сабота́жник noun (spy, saboteur or terrorist waiting to be activated)
- со́ня noun (someone who sleeps)
Spanish
3 entries- dormilón noun (someone who sleeps)
- durmiente noun (rung on a train track)
- pijama con los pies noun (type of pajamas that covers the whole body)
Swahili
1 entries- mlalaji noun (someone who sleeps)
Swedish
1 entries- sovare noun (someone who sleeps)
Turkish
1 entries- uykucu noun (someone who sleeps)
Walloon
4 entries- doirmeu noun (someone who sleeps)
- doirmeuse noun (someone who sleeps)
- soctant noun (someone who sleeps)
- soctante noun (someone who sleeps)
Welsh
1 entries- cysgadur noun (someone who sleeps)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
As one grows old, one becomes a light sleeper.
Source: tatoeba (329599)
Tom is a very sound sleeper.
Source: tatoeba (1167528)
It was a sleeper hit.
Source: tatoeba (1520767)
Showing 4 of 27 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.