Synonyms for kip

Most common

sleep · nap · slumber

All synonyms

Verb

Noun

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or one borne out of necessity.

   Don’t worry, I’ll kip on the sofabed.

2. n. 1

   The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.

Related words

Phrases

kip down

Forms

Plural

kips → beds, bats, upstarts, kilopounds…

Past participle

kipped
e.g. kipped → slept, napped, slumbered, crashed…

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.
• slumber Diego got invited to a birthday slumber party.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

bed¹, bat¹, nap¹

5 letters

sleep¹, crash¹

7 letters

slumber², upstart²

9 letters

kilopound

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