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Synonyms for sleeper

  • noun

Most common

cross-tie sleeping car wagon-lit slumberer

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Tie

tie US, railway tie, cross-tie

2. Sleeping car

sleeping car, wagon-lit

Other

slumberer

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Someone who sleeps.

    She's a heavy sleeper: it takes a lot to wake her up.

  2. n. 2

    That which lies dormant, as a law.

Related words

Phrases
railway sleeper sleeper agent sleeper hit

Forms

Plural
sleepers → ties, cross-ties, slumberers…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
sleeperrising
slumbererrising

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

By length

3 letters
tie1
9 letters
slumberer

In other languages

Français
dormeur