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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sleep |
| Synonyms: | coma, dormancy, doze, drowse, forty winks, inactivity, languor, lethargy, nap, repose, rest, sack time, shut-eye, snooze, stupor, torpor |
| Notes: | to sloom is to sleep heavily and soundly; to slumber is to sleep lightly |
| Antonyms: | awakening, consciousness, wakefulness |
| Main Entry: | doze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | light sleep |
| Synonyms: | catnap, drowse, forty winks, nap, shut-eye, siesta, slumber, 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: | dreamland |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sleep, fantasy world |
| Synonyms: | Shangri-La, Utopia, cloud cuckoo land, ideal place, land of Nod, never-never land, seventh heaven, slumber |
| Antonyms: | real world, wakefulness |
| Main Entry: | lethargy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | laziness, sluggishness |
| Synonyms: | apathy, coma, disinterest, disregard, drowsiness, dullness, hebetude, heedlessness, idleness, impassivity, inaction, inactivity, inanition, indifference, indolence, inertia, inertness, insouciance, languor, lassitude, listlessness, passiveness, phlegm, sleep, sleepiness, sloth, slowness, slumber, stupor, supineness, torpidity, torpidness, torpor, unconcern, unmindfulness |
| Antonyms: | activity, busyness, energy, life, liveliness, vigor, vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity |
| Main Entry: | repose |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | restfulness; calm |
| Synonyms: | ease, inaction, inactivity, leisure, peace, quiet, quietness, quietude, refreshment, relaxation, relaxing, renewal, requiescence, respite, rest, restoration, sleep, slumber, stillness, tranquillity |
| Antonyms: | agitation, disturbance, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | repose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | relax; recline |
| Synonyms: | deposit, lay down, lie, lie down, loaf, loll, lounge, place, rest, settle, settle down, slant, sleep, slumber, stretch, stretch out, take it easy, tilt |
| Antonyms: | be active, be busy, energize |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inactivity |
| Synonyms: | break, breather, breathing space, calm, calmness, cessation, coffee break, comfort, composure, cutoff, downtime, doze, dreaminess, ease, forty winks, halt, holiday, hush, idleness, interlude, intermission, interval, leisure, letup, lull, motionlessness, nap, pause, peace, quiescence, quiet, quietude, recess, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, relief, repose, respite, siesta, silence, sleep, slumber, somnolence, standstill, stay, stillness, stop, time off, tranquillity, vacation |
| Antonyms: | action, activity, energy |
| Main Entry: | rest |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be calm; sleep |
| Synonyms: | be at ease, be comfortable, breathe, compose oneself, doze, dream, drowse, ease off, ease up, idle, laze, lean, let down, let up, lie by, lie down, lie still, loaf, loll, lounge, nap, nod, put feet up, recline, refresh oneself, relax, repose, sit down, slack, slack off, slacken, slumber, snooze, spell, stretch out, take a break, take a nap, take five, take it easy, take life easy, take ten, take time out, unbend, unlax, unwind, wind down |
| Antonyms: | activate, be active, carry out, do, energize |
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