COMA Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

coma

noun

Definition of coma

as in slumber

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Recent Examples of coma In humans, symptoms often include fever, weakness and headache before progressing to tingling sensations, anxiety, agitation, abnormal behavior, hallucinations, difficulty swallowing, coma and death. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026 Bringing Home the Browns was started to share Heather’s journey and updates after an aneurysm caused seizures, which eventually led to Heather being placed in a coma while pregnant with her and Sean’s first baby. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2026 One example Fillion points to from the comics is when Guy was hit by a bus and spent time in a coma. — Matt Minton, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026 And the fact that Maridueña spends much of his time in a coma is a waste for the Cobra Kai alumni, who is such a delight onscreen. — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for coma

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Noun

Rooms are kitted with slumber-inducing mattresses and lavender-scented eye masks.

— Lindsay Cohn, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026
The Chicago Cubs picked a bad time to go into an offensive slumber.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of slumber

Noun

The American Psychological Association’s recommendations echo that, calling for limits when social media interferes with sleep or physical activity.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Oct. 2026
Ultron is the Oscar to Vision’s Felix, and their odd-couple bickering is the one truly pleasurable aspect of VisionQuest — Spader can do this kind of side-of-the-mouth snark in his sleep, and Bettany solidly lobs back the screwballs he gets served.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of sleep

Noun

Guglielmo wondered whether godwits did something similar, even though hanging motionless in a torpor seems pretty different from flying.

— Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
For all its characteristic restraint and formal diligence, Killing Spree is a book that wants to make noise, to cut through the dead air with cries of grief and rage, undoing our own savage torpor.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of torpor

Noun

Videos on social media showed traffic at a standstill on a highway leading out of Gulf Shores, where double-red beach flags signaled water access was closed.

— R.J. Rico, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
The union, Union Syndicale Lycéenne, said 2,000 high schools were at a standstill and all universities were mobilized amid the protests by students, parents and teachers against poor school conditions.

— News Editor, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of standstill

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