slumbering

ADJECTIVE

asleep

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 snoozing snoring somnolent taking forty winks

Antonyms

WEAK

attentive awake conscious

ADJECTIVE

dormant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

asleep comatose inert inoperative latent passive sidelined sluggish

WEAK

abeyant closed-down down fallow hibernating lethargic lurking on the shelf out of action potential prepatent quiescent slack smoldering suspended torpid

Antonyms

STRONGEST

active alert awake conscious lively

ADJECTIVE

quiescent

Synonyms

WEAK

asleep at rest deactivated dormant fallow idle immobile in abeyance inert inoperative latent motionless passive quiet stagnant still

Antonyms

WEAK

active

ADJECTIVE

sleeping

Synonyms

STRONGEST

comatose unconscious

WEAK

abed dormant inactive latent

Antonyms

STRONGEST

awake conscious

WEAK

waking

Example Sentences

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"The border with Lithuania is in 30 minutes," the assistant shouted to rouse slumbering passengers.

From Barron's • Oct. 29, 2025

Or a small, scrunched face slumbering in a stroller.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2025

If there is indeed a slumbering mass of Americans who believe in real “we the people” democracy, they need to wake up. immediately.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025

For example, lower levels of sleep apnoea – when breathing stops and starts while slumbering – is thought to be down to losing weight around the tongue and throat, which can block the airways.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

The Joseph Bell tolled out its midnight message to the slumbering countryside.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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