Sleeping

//ˈsliːpɪŋ//

Synonyms for "sleeping" (138 found)

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Related word relations

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19 relation types

More general

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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at location

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causes

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causes desire

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derived

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form of

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has a

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has context

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has prerequisite

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has property

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has subevent

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is a

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part of

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receives action

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related to

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similar

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used for

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Translations

27 translations across 15 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • спален adj (used for sleep; used to produce sleep)

Catalan

1 entries
  • dormint noun (state or act of being asleep)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 睡眠 noun (state or act of being asleep)

Finnish

4 entries
  • makuu adj (used for sleep; used to produce sleep)
  • nukkuma adj (used for sleep; used to produce sleep)
  • uni adj (used for sleep; used to produce sleep)
  • nukkuminen noun (state or act of being asleep)

French

1 entries
  • sommeil noun (state or act of being asleep)

German

2 entries
  • Schlaf adj (used for sleep; used to produce sleep)
  • Schlaf noun (state or act of being asleep)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • alvás noun (state or act of being asleep)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 眠り noun (state or act of being asleep)
  • 睡眠 noun (state or act of being asleep)

Korean

2 entries
  • 수면 noun (state or act of being asleep)
  • noun (state or act of being asleep)

Latvian

1 entries
  • gulēšana noun (state or act of being asleep)

Polish

1 entries
  • spanie noun (state or act of being asleep)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • dormida noun (state or act of being asleep)
  • sono noun (state or act of being asleep)

Russian

2 entries
  • спа́льный adj (used for sleep; used to produce sleep)
  • сон noun (state or act of being asleep)

Spanish

4 entries
  • somnífero adj (used for sleep; used to produce sleep)
  • soporífero adj (used for sleep; used to produce sleep)
  • soñoliento adj (used for sleep; used to produce sleep)
  • dormición noun (state or act of being asleep)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • сон noun (state or act of being asleep)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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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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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.