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

The kid is away at a sleepover, and Angela has invited the upstairs neighbors, Piña (Penélope Cruz) and Hawk (Edward Norton), over for an evening of wine and charcuterie. —Justin Chang, New Yorker, 19 June 2026

When Bonnie is invited to a sleepover with her new friends in her Lilypad chat group, Jessie and her horse, Bullseye, try to join her for the trip, but are left behind in the car after the girl’s friends make fun of her for still playing with toys. —Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Is eight kind of young for a sleepover? —Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 June 2026

One of them invites Bonnie over for a sleepover, and Jessie sneaks into her overnight bag, not realizing that toys are verboten to the new generation. —Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 June 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