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sleeping

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of sleeping

being in a state of suspended consciousness

a roomful of sleeping preschoolers at a daycare center

Synonyms of sleeping

asleep, dormant, dozing, napping, resting, slumbering

Words Related to sleeping

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

dreaming, reposing

hypnotized, mesmerized

comatose, semiconscious

sleepwalking, somnambulant

Phrases Synonymous with sleeping

at rest

Near Antonyms of sleeping

aware, conscious

aroused, astir, awakened, roused, up, wakened

reawakened, revived

Antonyms of sleeping

awake, sleepless, wakeful, wide-awake

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