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Synonyms for slumber

  • verb

Most common

sleep rest nap doze

All synonyms

Verb

sleep, rest, nap, doze, take a nap, repose, kip, drowse

Antonyms

wake, wakefulness, alertness

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Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.

Related words

Word family
slumberful slumberland slumberous slumbersome slumbery slumberer
Phrases
slumber party

Forms

Past participle
slumbered
e.g. slumbered → slept, rested, napped, dozed…

Choose the right word

Slumber, Sleep, Repose or Rest?

Sleep is the perfection of repose, the most complete rest; slumber is a light and ordinarily pleasant form of sleep.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

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.
  • doze Tom and Mary often doze off in French class.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
slumberrising
sleeprising
naprising
dozerising

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

By length

3 letters
nap1, kip1
4 letters
rest1, doze1
5 letters
sleep1
6 letters
repose2, drowse

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (repose2 = 2 syllables).