napping

napping

adjective

Definition of NAPPING

being in a state of suspended consciousness <the napping children looked so peaceful>

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

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

Near Antonyms aware, conscious; sleepless; aroused, astir, awakened, roused, up, wakened; reawakened, revived

Antonyms awake, sleepless, wakeful, wide-awake