Sleeping

/ˈsliːpɪŋ/

Synonyms for "sleeping" (150 found)

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Closest matches (30)

abeyant apathetic asleepasleep in jesusat restbereft of lifebetween the linesbreathlesscalled homecarrion cataleptic catatonic comatose covert croaked cryptic deaddead and gonedead asleepdead to the world

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death-struck deceaseddeep asleepdefunct delitescent demised departeddeparted this life

Noun(2 words)

asleep bunking

Strong matches (45)

destitute of lifedone fordopey dormant dull esoteric exanimate fallenfast asleepfinished flaked-out flatfood for wormsfoul gonegone to glorygone westgoofing offgroggy heavy

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hibernating hiddenin abeyancein suspenseinactive inanimate incautious inert languid languorous latelate lamentedlatentlaunched into eternityleaden lifeless logy

Noun(5 words)

dormancy dormant dozing dream latent

Adjective(2 words)

dormantdormant state

Verb(1 words)

drowsed

Related words (75)

lurking martyred muffled mystic mystical nappingno morenodding obfuscated oblivious obscured occultoff guardoff-guard outpassed onpassive phlegmatic possible potential

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pushing up daisiesreleased reposingresting easysainted sedative sedentary silent slack sleepy sluggish slumberingsmitten with deathsmolderingsound asleepstagnant standing static still stillborn submerged suspendedtaken awaytaken offtame torpid unalert unaroused uncautious unconsciousunder the surfaceunderlying unguarded unmanifested unprepared unready unvigilant unwary unwatchful veiled virtualwith the lordwith the saintswithout lifewithout vital functions

Noun(9 words)

napping quiescence quiescency sleepsleep durationsleep periodslumber slumbering snoozing

Adjective(1 words)

unawakened

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

18 entries

activitybiological processbodily functionbodily processbody processcondition dormancy duration easephysiological stateprocess relaxation repose rest sleep slumber

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More specific

9 entries

diurnal sleepdozing latent nappingnight sleeppolyphasic sleepquiescent slumbering snoozing

Collocations

11 entries

sleeping areasleeping arrangementsleeping arrangementssleeping bagsleeping disordersleeping hourssleeping patternsleeping pillssleeping quarterssleeping schedulesleeping sickness

Inflections

2 entries

sleeps slept

Derivations

4 entries

sleep sleepily sleepiness sleepy

Antonyms

1 entries

waking

similar

1 entries

unerect

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He's sleeping like a baby.

Source: tatoeba (2089)

I had my purse and commutation ticket stolen while I was sleeping on the train.

Source: tatoeba (20261)

The family had been sleeping for about two hours when the fire broke out.

Source: tatoeba (23839)

There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed.

Source: tatoeba (25605)

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