Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sleep

4 senses of sleep

Sense 1
sleep, slumber -- (a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber")
       => physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition -- (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Sense 2
sleep, sopor -- (a torpid state resembling deep sleep)
       => physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition -- (the condition or state of the body or bodily functions)

Sense 3
sleep, nap -- (a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap")
       => time period, period of time, period -- (an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period")

Sense 4
rest, eternal rest, sleep, eternal sleep, quietus -- (euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb); "she was laid to rest beside her husband"; "they had to put their family pet to sleep")
       => death -- (the absence of life or state of being dead; "he seemed more content in death than he had ever been in life")

Antonyms of verb sleep

1 of 2 senses of sleep

Sense 1
sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's -- (be asleep)
       Antonym of wake (Sense 1)
      => wake -- (be awake, be alert, be there)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb sleep

2 senses of sleep

Sense 1
sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's -- (be asleep)
       => rest -- (be at rest)
          Phrasal Verb-> sleep in#1; sleep late#1; sleep in#2; sleep out#1

Sense 2
sleep -- (be able to accommodate for sleeping; "This tent sleeps six people")
       => accommodate, hold, admit -- (have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people")