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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dormant |
| Synonyms: | asleep, conked, crashed, dozing, dreaming, inactive, inert, napping, snoozing, unconscious |
| 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: | asleep |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconscious |
| Synonyms: | catching some zzz's, comatose, conked, crashed, dormant, dozing, dreaming, flaked out, getting shut-eye, hibernating, in dreamland, in repose, inactive, inert, napping, on the kip, out cold, out like a light, out of it, out*, reposing, resting, sacked out, sleeping, slumbering, snoozing, snoring, somnolent, taking forty winks |
| Antonyms: | attentive, awake, conscious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | latent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dormant, hidden |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, between the lines, concealed, contained, covert, idle, immature, implied, in abeyance, inactive, inert, inferential, inferred, inherent, inoperative, intrinsic, invisible, involved, lurking, passive, possible, potential, quiescent, rudimentary, secret, sleeping, smoldering, suppressed, suspended, tacit, torpid, underdeveloped, underlying, undeveloped, unexposed, unexpressed, unrealized, unripe, unseen, veiled, vestigial |
| Antonyms: | active, apparent, clear, live, manifest, obvious, open, public |
| Main Entry: | sleepy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tired, dull |
| Synonyms: | asleep, blah*, comatose, dopey, dozy, draggy, drowsy, heavy, hypnotic, inactive, lethargic, listless, out of it, out*, quiet, sleeping, sleepyhead, slow, sluggish, slumberous, slumbersome, snoozy, somnolent, soporific, torpid, yawning |
| Antonyms: | animated, awake, energetic, unsleepy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | somnolent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sleepy |
| Synonyms: | asleep, dozy, drowsy, listless, nodding off, out of it, sleeping, snoozy, soporific, tired |
| Main Entry: | resting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | taking rest |
| Synonyms: | asleep, at ease, at rest, comfortable, crashed, dozing, dreaming, drowsing, lounging, lying down, napping, quiet, recessing, reclining, relaxing, reposing, sleeping, snoozing, stretched out, taking a break, taking it easy, unwinding |
| Main Entry: | abeyant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | latent |
| Synonyms: | dormant, inactive, inoperative, quiescent, sleeping, suspended |
| Main Entry: | nodding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sleepy |
| Synonyms: | asleep, blah*, comatose, dopey, dozy, draggy, drowsy, heavy*, hypnotic, inactive, lethargic, listless, out of it, out*, quiet, sleeping, sleepyhead, slow, sluggish, slumberous, slumbersome, slumbery, snoozy, somnolent, soporific, torpid, yawning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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