sleep

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. slumber, somnolence, nap, doze, drowse, rest, repose; coma; hypnosis. —v. i. slumber, repose, doze, nap; be dead or dormant.

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(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. slumber, doze, nap, rest, repose, sound sleep, deep sleep, nod, siesta, catnap, dream, hibernation, dormancy, Morpheus, the Sandman, snooze*, shut-eye*, the down*.

v.

Syn. slumber, doze, drowse, rest, nap, snooze, hibernate, dream, snore, nod, yawn, languish, flag, relax, go to bed, rest in the arms of Morpheus, drop asleep, fall asleep, lose oneself in slumber, take forty winks*, catnap*, turn in*, go rockaby*, hit the hay*, hit the sack*, saw logs*, sack up*, sack out*, catch a wink*, roll in*.

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

slumber, rest, somnolence, *shut-eye, *Zs, snooze, nap, catnap, dozing, *forty winks, siesta, repose, hibernation, under the spell of Morpheus, land of Nod, unconsciousness, dreaming. ''A holiday from reality.''—Victor Ratner. ''Brother ofdeath.''— Thomas Browne. ''The death of each day's life.''—Shakespeare.

ANT.: wakefulness, consciousness, alertness

WORD FIND

• bedwetting: enuresis

• between wakefulness and sleep: hypnagogic

• breathing disorder of: sleep apnea

• children’s waking nightmare: night terrors

• deep sleep: sopor, stupor

• dream sleep: REM sleep (rapid eye movement)

• drowsy: somnolent

• excessive: hypersomnia

• expert in: somnologist

• god of dreams, Greek: Morpheus

• god of sleep, Greek: Hypnos

• god of sleep, Roman: Somnus

• grogginess caused by sleeping too long: Rip Van Winkle syndrome

• hypnotized: trance

• inability to: insomnia

• inducing sleep: soporific, somniferous, somnolent

• internal body clock controlling: circadian rhythm

• presleep visions: hypnagogic hallucinations

• sex demons of: incubus, succubus

• sleeping sickness: narcolepsy, encephalitis

• sleepwalk: somnoambulate

• sleepwalker: somnoambulist

• twitch of body or leg just before sleep: myoclonic jerk, hypnagogic jerk

• unconsciousness, prolonged: coma

see dream

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v.

slumber, snooze, drowse, *catch some Zs, rest, *hit the sack, *get some rack time, go to bed, *conk out, nod off, turn in, *saw wood, *crash, *hit the hay, take a siesta, fall under the spell ofMorpheus, hibernate.

ANT.: wake, regain consciousness

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun The natural recurring condition of suspended consciousness by which the body rests: slumber. Slang: shuteye. Idioms: land of Nod, the arms of Morpheus. See AWARENESS. II verb To be asleep: slumber. Idioms: be in the land of Nod, catch some shuteye, sleep like a log (or rock or top), sleep tight. See AWARENESS.