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 Texas 3-bedroom (which comfortably sleeps 8) is a true retreat—no TV, no Wi-Fi. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 29 July 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