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

Life with you is an endless sleepover with my best friend and life’s just getting started. —Becca Longmire, People.com, 15 May 2025

After patiently waiting for months, Yuki finally received her happy ending earlier this month, all thanks to two volunteers who fell in love with her after working with her and hosting her for occasional sleepovers. —Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 May 2025

These are the same kids who still have sleepovers and go to the Burlington Mall with their parents to shop for glitter pens and Legos. —Wendy Murphy, Boston Herald, 5 May 2025

During one of those sleepovers, Mr. Musk said, Mr. Trump called him late at night to tell him to make sure to get some ice cream from the kitchen. —Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 1 May 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