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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Recent Examples of oversleeping

Noun

Crisp shirting seen at Tommy Hilfiger that appears to be thrown on backward, as if frantically shimmied into after oversleeping. — Alison Syrett Cleary, InStyle, 16 Sep. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversleeping

Noun

Exercise and napping produced similar memory performance benefits, but through different neural processes.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of napping

Verb

Connington has spent years dreaming about a field where England’s best players have performed.

— Taylor Eldridge, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026
Critical to healthy brain functioning is a dreaming state of unconsciousness called Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep.

— Mike McRae September 17, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of dreaming

Noun

The Chicago Cubs picked a bad time to go into an offensive slumber.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
Above-average rainfall in June and August, along with several cold fronts sweeping across the region, woke the seeds from a lengthy slumber to transform the landscape.

— Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of slumber

Noun

Frazzled parents unwind at the swim-up bar, while the little ones run amok in the spiffy waterpark, bowling alley, and giant sand castle equipped for sleep-overs.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The company already offers sleep monitoring and heart-rate tracking with the Apple Watch.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 6 Oct. 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

Trades of around $5,500 made up a large share of transactions on the contracts, and that 24-hour trading volume was abnormally high compared to actual resting liquidity.

— Davis Giangiulio,Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026
Following her death on August 31, 1997, during a Paris car accident, Althorp became Diana’s final resting place.

— Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of resting

Noun

The rest of us mere mortals ought to know better, with study after study laying out the benefits of getting a solid night’s shut-eye whenever possible.

— Mike McRae September 17, New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2026
Problems sleeping are an emergency because not getting enough shut-eye harms every part of your health.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2026

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