Synonyms for doze

Most common

nap · snooze · drowse · nod

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To sleep lightly or briefly; to nap, snooze.

   I didn’t sleep very well, but I think I may have dozed a bit.

2. n. 1

   A light, short sleep or nap.

   I felt much better after a short doze.

Related words

Phrases

doze off

Forms

Plural

dozes → sleeps, slumbers…

Past participle

dozed
e.g. dozed → napped, snoozed, drowsed, nodded…

Example sentences

• nap The moment she'd finished, she lay down for a nap.
• snooze I hit the snooze button and went back to sleep.
• nod Nancy greeted me with a nod from across the street.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters

nap¹, nod¹

5 letters

sleep¹

6 letters

snooze¹, drowse

7 letters

slumber²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (slumber² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

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