What is another word for sleep?

Common synonyms for sleep include rest, eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus.

What is the past tense of sleep?

The past tense of sleep is slept.

sleep

Q: What rhymes with sleep?

Words that rhyme with sleep include keep, deep, cheap, asleep, sheep, steep.

/sliːp/noun, verb1 syllable

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

Synonyms for sleep25

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

rest, eternal rest, eternal sleep, quietus

noun, as in a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

slumber

noun, as in a torpid state resembling deep sleep

sopor

noun, as in a period of time spent sleeping

nap

verb, as in be asleep

kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's

also used for sleep

nyctinasty, nyctitropism, bed booger(s), crusty, eye booger(s), eye bogie(s), eye crust, eye goop, eye gunk, eye sand, eye snot, gound, sleeper, sleepies, sleepy

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Opposites of sleep

wake

What does sleep mean?6

noun

euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)“she was laid to rest beside her husband”

a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended“he didn't get enough sleep last night”

a torpid state resembling deep sleep

a period of time spent sleeping“he felt better after a little sleep”

verb

be asleep

be able to accommodate for sleeping“This tent sleeps six people”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with sleep?16

one syllable

keep deep cheap sheep steep sweep leap creep jeep heap reap beep peep weepbleep

two syllables

asleep

Show 40 near rhymes

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Sleep in a sentence

If you have a cold, lack of sleep is very bad for you.CK
The soft, gentle sunlight beckoned me to sleep.unknown
Between the traffic and the dog's barking, he couldn't sleep.CM
If you sleep for a while, you will feel much better.CK
Despite the importance of sleep, its purpose is a mystery.Swift
Drifting off to sleep again, the same dream returned, three times in all.unknown
You didn't sleep well last night, did you?CK
When you lack sleep, you are apt to be careless.unknown

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Forms of sleep

as a noun

plural: sleeps

as a verb

past tense: slept
past participle: slept
present participle: sleeping
third-person singular: sleeps