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Definitions

asleep

[uh-sleep] / əˈslip /
ADJECTIVE
unconscious
Synonyms
STRONGEST
comatose dormant
WEAK
catching some zzz's conked crashed dozing dreaming flaked out getting shut-eye hibernating in dreamland in repose inactive inert napping on the kip out out cold out like a light out of it reposing resting sacked out sleeping slumbering snoozing snoring somnolent taking forty winks
Antonyms
WEAK
attentive awake conscious

Example Sentences

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Believing he had fallen asleep, the nursery worker then left him alone, but staff did not physically check on him for about two hours.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Adriana Gonzalez said she was asleep when she got the call that her father was being detained, prompting her to storm out of the house without shoes.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

"This study addresses a major gap by focusing on the workers who start their day when most people are still asleep."

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Many of them were asleep after celebrating till midnight at a birthday party.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

I stood there to be sure they were still asleep.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff

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