sleeping - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

Synonyms

• sleeping

More generic

• activity
• bodily function
• bodily process
• body process

More specific

• catnap
• doze
• drowse
• forty winks
• light sleep
• nap
• noctambulation
• noctambulism
• short sleep
• sleep talking
• sleepwalking
• snooze
• somnambulation
• somnambulism
• somniloquism
• somniloquy

Noun

quiet and inactive restfulness

Synonyms

• dormancy
• quiescence
• quiescency
• sleeping

More generic

• ease
• relaxation
• repose
• rest

More specific

• vegetation

Noun

the state of being asleep

Synonyms

• sleeping

More generic

• sleep
• slumber

Opposite / Antonyms

• waking

Related

• dream
• dreaming

Adjective

lying with head on paws as if sleeping

Synonyms

• dormant
• sleeping

Related

• unerect

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