Synonyms of sleeps

sleeps 1 of 2

noun

plural of sleep

as in deaths

the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities

regretfully put their terminally ill dog to sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deaths
• fates
• demises
• dooms
• passings
• exits
• curtains
• graves
• ends
• deceases
• dissolutions
• expirations
• passages
• quietuses
• great divides
• suicides
• assassinations
• fatalities
• slaughters
• ruins
• casualties
• expiries
• martyrdoms
• destructions
• endings
• self-slaughters
• massacres
• killings
• executions
• self-murders
• exterminations
• self-destructions
• annihilations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lives
• births
• existences
• rises
• nativities
• creations
• originations
• geneses

sleeps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of sleep

1

as in rests

to be in a state of sleep

the baby slept for the entire length of the car trip

found the night watchman sleeping at his post

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rests
• naps
• snoozes
• dozes
• slumbers
• dreams
• drops off
• catnaps
• oversleeps
• hibernates
• sleeps in
• nods off
• drowses (off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rises
• wakes
• arises
• arouses
• awakes

2

as in breeds

to engage in sexual intercourse

if I don't read the tabloids, how will I know who is sleeping with whom this week?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• breeds
• mates
• does it
• has sex
• copulates
• fornicates
• fools around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sleeps

Noun

In games, where a single thread can handle the bulk of the workload but take frequent short sleeps, this should prevent it from having to rapidly adjust its frequency and maintain high performance. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 30 July 2026

Newer to Flockhill are the villas (sleeps 2-4 people); Sugarloaf restaurant, which offers a seasonal set tasting menu; and a wellness spa with a gym, yoga studio, cedar sauna, and hot and cold plunge pools. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026

Getty Images Caleb Wilson is only a few sleeps away from the biggest night of his life. — Adam Zagoria, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

During warmer climates and seasons, Asker suggests washing linen pillowcases every three to four sleeps, too. — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 27 Apr. 2026

There are just 31 sleeps until the 91st annual NFL player selection meeting. — Jim Reineking, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026

The tent packs up and rides lengthwise on the vehicle but sleeps widthwise thanks to the fold-out floor. — New Atlas, 13 Dec. 2025

Outdoor sleeps aren’t new to the world of African safaris, but this year, Basecamp Samburu took the concept to an exciting new level. — Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 12 Nov. 2025

The reason so many people feel off track when daylight savings time ends is because light has a profound effect on the circadian rhythm, the body’s natural 24-hour clock that dictates when one sleeps and wakes. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 30 Oct. 2025

Verb

The 16th-century cottage sleeps four across two bedrooms, with mind-your-head height ceilings and a fresh, detailed decorating hand that keeps the old bones from feeling too over the top. — Katharine Sohn, Architectural Digest, 6 Aug. 2026

Finally, there’s the Tower Penthouse Apartment, which occupies the top three floors of the hotel’s iconic tower and sleeps up to eight—not to mention a cozy single room for a traveling private chef or bodyguard. — Denny Lee, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026

And even if a bed is available, not everyone who sleeps on the street wants to go to an emergency shelter. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026

When a dolphin sleeps, half of its brain is still awake—is that how sperm whales are, too? — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 23 July 2026

Its layout is arranged around a large open living area, with a sofa bed that sleeps up to two guests. — Adam Williams july 22, New Atlas, 22 July 2026

Like a guardian of the absolute desert, Chile’s coastal mountain range sleeps a mineral slumber, the bluffs defending the driest desert in the world. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026

Police later arrested Ross Wardlaw, a 41-year-old homeless man who frequently sleeps along the Greenbelt, in connection to the crime. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026

But the omniscient, unblinking eye of the Video Assistant Referee never sleeps. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 2 July 2026