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sleeper
noun as in dark horse
noun as in late bloomer
Weak matches
noun as in nightgown
Strong matches
noun as in pajamas
Weak matches
noun as in sleeping car
Weak matches
noun as in spy
Example Sentences
Aguilar, with the American Principles Project, referred to liberal views on gender as “a sleeper issue that had a great deal of impact with the Hispanic community.”
Visiting a hostel for rough sleepers in south London, she met some of those who have recently been helped off the streets.
They invested pretty heavily in creating sleeper Facebook organizations that posted viral content and then slipped in a bunch of non-true fake news towards the end.
The ignorance — yes, we assimilate, and no, we’re not sleeper agents hell-bent on retaking the American Southwest through demographics and enchiladas — mostly amuses me when it doesn’t offend.
“Job,” which had a much talked-about run last fall off-Broadway at the Soho Playhouse, moved to Broadway’s Helen Hayes Theater this summer and might be the sleeper of the season.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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