sleepover

noun

sleep·​over ˈslēp-ˌō-vər 

1

: an overnight stay (as at another's home)

2

: an instance of hosting a sleepover in one's home

Examples of sleepover in a Sentence

Our daughter is having a sleepover for her friends tomorrow.

Recent Examples on the Web

Among their other sleepovers — from one night to four months — were two hotels, an Airbnb, a church parking lot, another campground, a townhome rental and three tiny guest houses — one at a co-worker’s boyfriend’s house. —Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026

Pim, who can sometimes have trouble communicating and forming complete sentences, told USA TODAY she's been able to go to a sleepover and a monster truck event so far. —Kate Perez, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026

In my day, All That was the sleepover show du jour, and staging Spice Girls concerts for our parents was the ultimate weekend activity. —Kara Nesvig, Parents, 14 Feb. 2026

The posts accused the teen and three of his football teammates of calling Smith’s son, who is Black, racial slurs, shooting him with BB guns and forcing him to drink their urine during a sleepover at Vann’s house. —Jane Harper, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for sleepover

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover

Kids Definition

sleepover

noun

sleep·​over ˈslēp-ō-vər 

: an overnight stay at another's home or an instance of having others stay at one's own home