sleep - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)

Synonyms

• eternal rest
• eternal sleep
• quietus
• rest
• sleep

More generic

• death

Noun

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

Synonyms

• sleep
• slumber

More generic

• physical condition
• physiological condition
• physiological state

More specific

• NREM
• NREM sleep
• REM
• REM sleep
• nonrapid eye movement
• nonrapid eye movement sleep
• orthodox sleep
• paradoxical sleep
• rapid eye movement
• rapid eye movement sleep
• shut-eye
• shuteye
• sleeping

Noun

a torpid state resembling deep sleep

Synonyms

• sleep
• sopor

More generic

• physical condition
• physiological condition
• physiological state

Noun

a period of time spent sleeping

Synonyms

• nap
• sleep

More generic

• period
• period of time
• time period

More specific

• beauty sleep
• kip

Verb

be asleep

Synonyms

• catch some Z's
• kip
• log Z's
• sleep
• slumber

More generic

• rest

Opposite / Antonyms

• wake

Also See

• sleep in
• sleep late
• sleep out

More specific

• aestivate
• bundle
• catch a wink
• catnap
• estivate
• hibernate
• hole up
• nap
• practice bundling
• sleep in
• sleep late

Verb

be able to accommodate for sleeping

Synonyms

• sleep

More generic

• accommodate
• admit
• hold

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