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

In 2014, Geyser and her friend, Anissa Weier, lured Payton Leutner to a Waukesha park after a sleepover. —Lauren Victory, CBS News, 25 Nov. 2025

Geyser and Anissa Weier, who were 12 years old at the time, lured their classmate Payton Leutner into the woods while playing hide-and-seek during a sleepover in their Milwaukee suburb. —Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025

Merry Moments Paint-Your-Own Nutcracker Hosting a girls’ night or sleepover? —Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2025

In Louisiana, a youth leader confessed to drugging and assaulting three boys during a sleepover. —Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 30 Oct. 2025

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