Synonyms of slumbering

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adjective

as in sleeping

being in a state of suspended consciousness

made a comparison between the inattentive nation and a slumbering giant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sleeping
• asleep
• resting
• dormant
• at rest
• napping
• dozing
• slumbrous
• somnolent
• slumberous
• nodding
• drowsy
• dreaming
• comatose
• sleepy
• semiconscious
• hypnotized
• sleepwalking
• somnambulant
• reposing
• mesmerized

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• awake
• sleepless
• wakeful
• wide-awake
• aware
• conscious
• sleepless
• awakened
• aroused
• up
• revived
• roused
• wakened
• astir
• reawakened

slumbering

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noun

as in slumber

a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself

my peaceful slumbering was interrupted by a ring of the doorbell

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slumber
• sleep
• napping
• bed
• resting
• rest
• dozing
• nap
• snoozing
• shut-eye
• catnapping
• zs
• repose
• dreaming
• doze
• catnap
• drowse
• siesta
• snooze
• z's
• wink
• forty winks
• oversleeping
• rapid eye movement

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• consciousness
• wake
• wakefulness
• insomnia
• sleeplessness

slumbering

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verb

present participle of slumber

1

as in resting

to be in a state of sleep

she slumbered for hours while the train rolled on

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sleeping
• resting
• dozing
• napping
• snoozing
• catnapping
• dropping off
• dreaming
• hibernating
• sleeping in
• nodding off
• drowsing (off)
• oversleeping

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• waking
• arising
• arousing
• awaking

2

as in napping

to sleep lightly or briefly

slumbering restlessly in the tropical heat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• napping
• resting
• dozing
• drowsing
• snoozing
• relaxing
• lying
• catnapping
• kipping
• reposing
• lulling
• laying
• roosting
• couching

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• awakening
• arising
• uprising
• waking (up)
• arousing
• rousing
• awaking
• getting up
• wakening