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

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

Players slept at a hotel, got up the next day and routed the Jacksonville Jaguars, 35-7. — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026

One very hot summer night while my mother and I slept, my hand must have trailed down to the floor on my side of the bed. — Gloria Steinem, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Most mattresses made today are designed to be slept on one side only, and therefore should not be flipped. — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 3 Sep. 2026

The others soon joined them, set up tents, and slept for a few hours. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

When a wildfire threatens a community, most people don’t think to ask whether the firefighters coming to help slept enough the night before, recovered from the previous day’s shift or have enough energy left for another day on the fire line. — Julian L. Gallegos, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026