sleep

/slˈip/ · 1 syllable

Meaning

noun

1. a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
   “he didn't get enough sleep last night”
2. a torpid state resembling deep sleep
3. a period of time spent sleeping
   “he felt better after a little sleep”
4. euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
   “she was laid to rest beside her husband”

verb

1. be asleep
2. be able to accommodate for sleeping
   “This tent sleeps six people”

Synonyms for sleep

• slumber
• sopor
• nap
• rest
• eternal rest
• eternal sleep
• quietus
• kip
• log Z's
• catch some Z's

Antonyms of sleep

• wake

Words that rhyme with sleep

• keep
• deep
• sweep
• creep
• leap
• peep
• heap
• steep
• asleep
• cheap
• beep
• sheep
• bleep
• reap
• upkeep
• bopeep
• jeep
• oversleep
• seep
• weep
• anandeep
• diep
• felipe
• griep
• heape
• inskeep
• kneip
• kniep
• leep
• lepe