Synonyms for put to sleep
Most common
put to rest put to bed lay to rest put under kill put away euthanize
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Put to rest — to render dormant
2. Put under — to give a general anesthetic prior to surgery
put under, anesthetize US CA, anaesthetise UK, anaesthetize UK
Definitions
- v. 1
To render dormant.
- v. 2
To give a general anesthetic prior to surgery.
Mommy's surgery is not a big operation but it does require that they put her to sleep for a while.
- v. 3
To cause (someone) to sleep.
His boring stories sometimes put me to sleep.
Example sentences
- kill He tried to kill himself because he lost her love.
By length
- 4 letters
- kill1, slay1
- 9 letters
- liquidate3, euthanize3, euthanase
- 11 letters
- anesthetize
- 12 letters
- anaesthetise, anaesthetize
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (liquidate3 = 3 syllables).