Synonyms of the word slumber


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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.

dormancy

  • n. The state or characteristic of being dormant; quiet, inactive restfulness.

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.

quiescence

  • n. The state of being quiescent; dormancy.
  • n. Being at rest, quiet, still, inactive or motionless.
  • n. The action of bringing something to rest or making it quiescent; the action of coming to rest or to a…
  • n. (microbiology) The period when a cell is in a term of no growth and no division.
  • n. (entomology) In insects, a temporary slowing down of metabolism and development in response to adverse…

quiescency

  • n. Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.

rest

  • n. (uncountable, of a person or animal) Relief from work or activity by sleeping; sleep.
  • n. (countable) Any relief from exertion; a state of quiet and relaxation.
  • n. (uncountable) Peace; freedom from worry, anxiety, annoyances; tranquility.
  • n. (uncountable, of an object or concept) A state of inactivity; a state of little or no motion; a state…
  • n. (euphemistic, uncountable) A final position after death.
  • n. (music, countable) A pause of a specified length in a piece of music.
  • n. (music, countable) A written symbol indicating such a pause in a musical score such as in sheet music.
  • n. (physics, uncountable) Absence of motion.
  • n. (snooker, countable) A stick with a U-, V- or X-shaped head used to support the tip of a cue when the…
  • n. (countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.
  • n. A projection from the right side of the cuirass of armour, serving to support the lance.
  • n. A place where one may rest, either temporarily, as in an inn, or permanently, as, in an abode.
  • n. (poetry) A short pause in reading poetry; a caesura.
  • n. The striking of a balance at regular intervals in a running account. Often, specifically, the intervals…
  • n. (dated) A set or game at tennis.
  • v. (intransitive) To cease from action, motion, work, or performance of any kind; stop; desist; be without…
  • v. (intransitive) To come to a pause or an end; end.
  • v. (intransitive) To be free from that which harasses or disturbs; be quiet or still; be undisturbed.
  • v. (intransitive, transitive, reflexive) To be or to put into a state of rest.
  • v. (intransitive) To stay, remain, be situated.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive, reflexive) To lean, lie, or lay.
  • v. (intransitive, transitive, law, US) To complete one's active advocacy in a trial or other proceeding,…
  • v. (intransitive) To sleep; slumber.
  • v. (intransitive) To lie dormant.
  • v. (intransitive) To sleep the final sleep; sleep in death; die; be dead.
  • v. (intransitive) To rely or depend on.
  • v. To be satisfied; to acquiesce.
  • n. (uncountable) That which remains.
  • n. Those not included in a proposition or description; the remainder; others.
  • n. (Britain, finance) A surplus held as a reserved fund by a bank to equalize its dividends, etc.; in the…
  • v. (obsolete) To remain.
  • v. (obsolete) To arrest.

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…

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