Related Searches
Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | nap |
| Synonyms: | doze, forty winks, siesta, sleep, snooze |
| Main Entry: | doze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a nap |
| Synonyms: | catch a wink, catnap, cop some z's, drift off, drop off, drowse, nod off, sleep, sleep lightly, slumber, snooze |
| Main Entry: | drop off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall asleep |
| Synonyms: | catnap, doze, doze off, drowse, have forty winks, nod, nod off, snooze |
| Antonyms: | awake, wake |
| Main Entry: | nap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short, light sleep |
| Synonyms: | break, catnap, doze, few z's, forty winks, interlude, intermission, microsleep, nod, pause, respite, rest, shuteye, siesta, snooze, spot |
| Main Entry: | nap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take a short, light sleep |
| Synonyms: | catch forty winks, catnap, doze, drop off, drowse, get some shut-eye, grab some z's, nod, nod off, rack, relax, rest, sleep, snooze, take a siesta, take a snooze |
| Main Entry: | sleep |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | suspension of consciousness |
| Synonyms: | bedtime, catnap, coma, dormancy, doze, dream, dullness, few z's, forty winks, hibernation, lethargy, nap, nod, repose, rest, sack time, sandman, shuteye, siesta, slumber, slumberland, snooze, torpidity, torpor, trance |
| Antonyms: | awakening, consciousness, wakefulness |
| Main Entry: | sleep |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suspend consciousness |
| Synonyms: | bed down, bunk, catch a wink, catch forty winks, catnap, conk out, cop some z's, crash*, doze, dream, drop off, drowse, fall asleep, fall out, flop, hibernate, hit the hay, hit the sack, languish, nap, nod, nod off, oversleep, relax, repose, rest, retire, sack out, saw wood, slumber, snooze, snore, take a nap, turn in, yawn, zonk out, zzz |
| Antonyms: | wake, waken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | snooze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light sleep |
| Synonyms: | catnap, doze, forty winks, nap, siesta, slumber |
| Antonyms: | awakening, consciousness, wakefulness |
| Main Entry: | snooze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sleep lightly |
| Synonyms: | catnap, doze, drop off, drowse, nap, nod off, siesta, slumber, take forty winks |
| Antonyms: | awaken, wake up |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
