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asleep

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of asleep

1 being in a state of suspended consciousness

  • was sound asleep when the earthquake struck
Synonyms of asleep

dormant, dozing, napping, resting, sleeping, slumbering
Words Related to asleep

drowsy, nodding, sleepy, slumberous (or slumbrous), somnolent

dreaming, reposing

hypnotized, mesmerized

comatose, semiconscious

sleepwalking, somnambulant
Phrases Synonymous with asleep

at rest
Near Antonyms of asleep

aware, conscious

sleepless

aroused, astir, awakened, roused, up, wakened

reawakened, revived
Antonyms of asleep

awake, sleepless, wakeful, wide-awake

2 lacking in sensation or feeling

  • after sitting cross-legged all afternoon, I arose only to discover that my right foot was asleep
Synonyms of asleep

benumbed, dead, insensitive, numb, numbed, torpid, unfeeling
Words Related to asleep

chilled, nipped

anesthetized, cocainized, deadened, drugged, stupefied

blunted, dulled, obtunded

insensible, senseless, unconscious

inanimate, insensate
Near Antonyms of asleep

awake
Antonyms of asleep

feeling, sensible, sensitive

3 no longer living

  • let us pray for those who are now asleep
Synonyms of asleep

breathless, cold, dead, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, fallen, gone, late, lifeless, low
Words Related to asleep

extinct

dying, fading, moribund

stillborn

finished, lapsed, terminated

inanimate, insensate, nonliving
Phrases Synonymous with asleep

bitten the dust
Near Antonyms of asleep

animated

dynamic, lively, thriving, vibrant, vital, vivacious

active, functioning, operative, running
Antonyms of asleep

alive, animate, breathing, going, live, living, quick

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