Synonyms of slept

slept

verb

past tense of sleep

1

as in rested

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

• rested
• napped
• dozed
• dreamed
• slumbered
• snoozed
• dropped off
• catnapped
• slept in
• overslept
• drowsed (off)
• nodded off
• hibernated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rose
• woke
• arose
• aroused
• awoke

2

as in bred

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

• bred
• mated
• had sex
• did it
• copulated
• fornicated
• fooled around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slept

Helen knitted and watched women’s basketball on television, Rocky read a schoolbook about the Industrial Revolution in England, and the Schipperke slept on the rug by the fireplace. — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Based on overheard conversations of early-morning customers, many slept the night on their boats. — David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

There were museums and theaters, and clubs, and the feeling that the city never slept. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Hours later, as Davis slept inside an 11th-floor recording studio, a hotheaded Adamson returned and shot Davis once in the side of the head, inflicting a catastrophic and life-altering brain injury, according to court records. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026

On a recent morning in the city center, Spanish police were kicking out young boys who had slept overnight on cardboard slabs, some of them bruised and bandaged. — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2026

Shapiro's own home was firebombed while his family slept after a Passover seder in 2025. — Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

But as the couple slept, a Russian strike hit a warehouse across the street from their building, sending a blast wave through the apartment and threatening to stop the wedding scheduled for Tuesday morning. — ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026

Crowley and his Chicago group slept on the ground of a New York firehouse and worked at the site for about a week. — Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026