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

3 senses of sleeping beauty

Sense 1
Sleeping Beauty -- (fairy story: princess under an evil spell who could be awakened only by a prince's kiss)
       INSTANCE OF=> princess -- (a female member of a royal family other than the queen (especially the daughter of a sovereign))

Sense 2
sleeping beauty -- (a person who is sleeping soundly)
       => sleeper, slumberer -- (a rester who is sleeping)

Sense 3
sleeping beauty -- (a potential takeover target that has not yet been put in play)
       => target company, takeover target -- (a company that has been chosen as attractive for takeover by a potential acquirer)