OVERSLEEPING Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in napping

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verb

present participle of oversleep

as in sleeping in

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Noun

That means avoiding heavy meals before sleep, packing ear plugs and an eye mask, and matching your normal sleep duration (oversleeping can leave you feeling groggy). — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2026 Ahlers has made multiple appearances at the Horological Society since his character started tinkering with timepieces to combat his chronic oversleeping. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025

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Noun

How Sleep Patterns Connect to Hemorrhoid Risk A study published in Neuropsychiatric Research in August 2026 examined whether sleep patterns like insomnia, sleep duration and daytime napping may influence the risk of developing hemorrhoids.

— Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026
By nine-thirty, people were stretched out on the soft grass, napping, reading, and revelling in the previous night’s victory.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of napping

Verb

That’s almost eight months of talking, worrying and dreaming about the Bears.

— Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
The majority of the original Adult Swim show creators were already working at Cartoon Network or its in-house production company Williams Street and had been dreaming about writing their own series for years.

— Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of dreaming

Noun

Here’s what’s at play — and what guests can do to protect their slumber.

— Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Last year, the International Menopause Society published a white paper about how healthy lifestyle changes including improving slumber can do wonders for your perimenopause symptoms.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of slumber

Noun

The researchers learned that parents were concerned by low-flying helicopter noise disrupting their children’s sleep and affecting their brain health.

— Caroline Montojo, STAT, 14 Sep. 2026
For instance, one study found that sleeptalkers get more than an hour and a half less sleep per night and roughly half as much REM sleep as nonsleeptalkers.

— Michael R. Nadorff, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of sleep

Noun

Also noted, snoring and unintentional daytime dozing appeared to have no effect on brain aging.

— Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 July 2026
Lily is the quickest to figure out the detective stories that George reads them every evening in the field, but otherwise smarts count for little in a quiet life of grazing and dozing.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026

Definition of dozing

Noun

The motorcycle overturned and the rider and motorcycle tumbled to a final resting position, where both caught fire, police said.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2026
The children also visited Althorp, the childhood home and final resting place of Harry’s late mother, Princess Diana.

— Ashley Hume , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of resting

Noun

Problems sleeping are an emergency because not getting enough shut-eye harms every part of your health.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2026
To reveal who’s the most rested of them all, the World Economic Forum organized data from Sleep Cycle, an app used around the world that tracks how much shut-eye people are achieving.

— Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Aug. 2026

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