Synonyms for forty winks

Most common

sleep · nap · cat nap · snooze · twenty winks

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A short sleep, especially when taken during the day; a nap.

   Near-synonyms: shut-eye, twenty winks; see also Thesaurus:shut-eye

Example sentences

• sleep Your lack of sleep will catch up with you someday.
• nap The moment she'd finished, she lay down for a nap.
• snooze I hit the snooze button and went back to sleep.

By length

3 letters

nap¹

4 letters

rest¹

5 letters

sleep¹

6 letters

snooze¹