sleeping

/slˈipɪŋ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the state of being asleep
2. quiet and inactive restfulness
3. the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

adjective

1. lying with head on paws as if sleeping

Synonyms for sleeping

• quiescence
• quiescency
• dormancy
• dormant
• unerect

Antonyms of sleeping

• waking

Words that rhyme with sleeping

• keeping
• sweeping
• weeping
• peacekeeping
• beekeeping
• bookkeeping
• creeping
• housekeeping
• leaping
• safekeeping
• seeping
• beeping
• bleeping
• heaping
• peeping
• reaping
• recordkeeping
• scorekeeping