Entry Word: asleep

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 being in a state of suspended consciousness <Paul was asleep when the earthquake struck>

Synonyms dormant, dozing, napping, resting, sleeping, slumbering

Related Words drowsy, nodding, sleepy, slumberous (or slumbrous), somnolent; dreaming, reposing; hypnotized, mesmerized, semiconscious

Near Antonyms aware, conscious; sleepless; aroused, astir, up

Antonyms awake, wakeful, wide-awake

2 lacking in sensation or feeling <after sitting cross-legged all afternoon, I arose only to discover that my right foot was asleep> — see numb