Synonyms of dozed

dozed

verb

past tense of doze

1

as in slept

to be in a state of sleep

likes to doze through those lazy summer afternoons

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slept
• rested
• napped
• snoozed
• slumbered
• dropped off
• catnapped
• dreamed
• overslept
• slept in
• drowsed (off)
• nodded off
• hibernated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rose
• woke
• arose
• aroused
• awoke

2

as in napped

to sleep lightly or briefly

she dozed fitfully in the car but never fell completely asleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• napped
• rested
• drowsed
• snoozed
• relaxed
• slumbered
• kipped
• catnapped
• reposed
• laid
• lay
• lulled
• roosted
• couched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• awoke
• rose
• awakened
• roused
• arose
• aroused
• woke (up)
• got up
• wakened
• uprose

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dozed

His personal bodyguard dozed in the courtroom’s family and friends section as an assistant scrolled through her phone and his father demolished a Snickers. — Luke Jones, Vanity Fair, 5 Nov. 2026

The toothless man nodded, and the fat woman dozed. — Óscar Martínez, The Dial, 30 Apr. 2026

The couple dozed like babies in the leaves—that cry, that wail, had become their sleep trigger. — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025

So Ronny sat up front while Cali dozed in the back, and the trio didn’t speak as the truck cut through the morning. — Bryan Washington, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2025