Synonyms of the word

catnap

• n. A brief, light sleep.
• v. (intransitive) To take a catnap, to take a short sleep or nap.
• v. (transitive) To kidnap a cat.

kip

• n. The untanned hide of a young or small beast, such as a calf, lamb, or young goat.
• n. A bundle or set of such hides.
• n. (obsolete) A unit of count for skins, 30 for lamb and 50 for goat.
• n. The leather made from such hide; kip leather.
• n. (informal, chiefly UK) A place to sleep; a rooming house; a bed.
• n. (informal, chiefly UK) Sleep, snooze, nap, forty winks, doze.
• n. (informal, chiefly UK) A very untidy house or room.
• n. (informal, chiefly UK, dated) A brothel.
• v. (informal, chiefly UK) To sleep; often with the connotation of a temporary or charitable situation, or…
• v. (transitive, dialectal, Scotland) To snatch; take up hastily; filch.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To hold or keep (together).
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To conduct oneself; act.
• n. A unit of force equal to 1000 pounds-force (lbf) (4.44822 kilonewtons or 4448.22 newtons); occasionally…
• n. A unit of weight, used, for example, to calculate shipping charges, equal to half a US ton, or 1000 pounds.
• n. (rare, nonstandard) A unit of mass equal to 1000 avoirdupois pounds.
• n. The unit of currency in Laos, divided into 100 att, symbol ₭, abbreviation LAK.
• n. (gymnastics) A basic skill or maneuver in artistic gymnastics on the uneven bars, parallel bars, high…
• n. (Australia, games, two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.
• n. (Scotland) A sharp-pointed hill; a projecting point, as on a hill.

nap

• n. A short period of sleep, especially one during the day.
• v. To have a nap; to sleep for a short period of time, especially during the day.
• v. To be off one's guard.
• n. A soft or fuzzy surface on fabric or leather.
• v. To form or raise a soft or fuzzy surface on (fabric or leather).
• n. (Britain) A type of bet in British horse racing, based on the experts' best tips.
• n. (uncountable, card games) A card game in which players take tricks; properly Napoleon.
• n. A bid to take five tricks in the card game Napoleon.
• v. (obsolete) To grab; to nab.
• v. (cooking) To cover (something) with a sauce (usually in passive).
• n. (dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A cup, bowl.

sleep

• v. (intransitive) To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
• v. (intransitive) (Of a spinning top or a yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
• v. (transitive) To cause (a spinning top or yo-yo) to spin on its axis with no other perceptible motion.
• v. (transitive) To accommodate in beds.
• v. (transitive) To be slumbering in (a state).
• v. (intransitive) To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
• v. (intransitive) To be dead; to lie in the grave.
• v. (intransitive) To be, or appear to be, in repose; to be quiet; to be unemployed, unused, or unagitated;…
• v. (computing, intransitive) to wait for a period of time without performing any action.
• n. (uncountable) The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
• n. (countable, informal) An act or instance of sleeping.
• n. (uncountable) Rheum found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification…
• n. A state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other and the flowers close and…

sleeping

• v. present participle of sleep.
• adj. Asleep.
• adj. Used for sleep; used to produce sleep.
• n. The state of being asleep, or an instance of this.

slumber

• n. A very light state of sleep, almost awake.
• n. (figuratively) A state of ignorance or inaction.
• v. (intransitive) To be in a very light state of sleep, almost awake.
• v. (intransitive) To be inactive or negligent.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To lay to sleep.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To stun; to stupefy.

snooze

• v. (intransitive) To sleep, especially briefly; to nap.
• v. (transitive) To pause; to postpone for a short while.
• n. A period of sleep; a nap.
• n. (informal) Something boring.