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Synonyms of sleep in English:

sleep


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See Spanish definition of sueño

noun

1‘why don't you go and lie down and have a sleep?’

SYNONYMS
nap, doze, rest, siesta, drowse, catnap
beauty sleep
informal snooze, forty winks, a bit of shut-eye, power nap
British informal kip, zizz
child language bye-byes
literary slumber

verb

1‘she slept for about an hour’

SYNONYMS
be asleep, doze, rest, take a siesta, nap, take a nap, catnap, drowse
sleep like a log, sleep like a top
informal snooze, snatch forty winks, get some shut-eye, be in the land of Nod
British informal kip, have a kip, get one's head down, zizz, get some zizz, doss, doss down
North American informal catch some Zs
literary slumber, be in the arms of Morpheus
ANTONYMS

wake up


Phrases

    put something to sleep

    ‘the horse's condition deteriorated and he was put to sleep’


    SYNONYMS
    put down, destroy, put out of its misery
    go to sleep

    ‘I went to sleep almost as soon as my head hit the pillow’


    SYNONYMS
    fall asleep, get to sleep
    informal drop off, nod off, go off, drift off, crash out, go out like a light, flake out, conk out
    North American informal sack out, zone out