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All slumber synonyms

slum·ber
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noun slumber

  • hypnoses — the ancient Greek god of sleep.
  • land of nod — the mythical land of sleep.
  • coma — Someone who is in a coma is in a state of deep unconsciousness.
  • hypnosis — an artificially induced trance state resembling sleep, characterized by heightened susceptibility to suggestion.
  • insouciance — the quality of being insouciant; lack of care or concern; indifference.
  • drowse — to be sleepy or half-asleep.
  • lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
  • in-difference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
  • asphyxia — Asphyxia is death or loss of consciousness caused by being unable to breathe properly.
  • narcosis — a state of stupor or drowsiness.
  • hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
  • drowsiness — half-asleep; sleepy.
  • languidness — The property of being languid.
  • motionlessness — The property of being motionless.
  • leadenness — The quality of being leaden.
  • cutoff — A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening.
  • inanition — exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation.
  • dreaminess — of the nature of or characteristic of dreams; visionary.
  • cloud cuckoo land — an idealized, illusory domain of imagination; cloudland: the cloud-cuckoo-land of technicolor cartoon whimsy.
  • dreamland — a pleasant, lovely land that exists only in dreams or the imagination; the region of reverie.

verb slumber

  • lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
  • doze — to sleep lightly or fitfully.
  • zzz — Implies that a particular character is asleep.
  • idled — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
  • lay by — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
  • ease off — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
  • drowsing — Present participle of drowse.
  • lay down — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • ease up — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
  • catnapping — a short, light nap or doze.
  • bunking — a built-in platform bed, as on a ship.
  • hit the sack — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
  • conk out — If something such as a machine or a vehicle conks out, it stops working or breaks down.
  • fall asleep — go to sleep
  • lie down — the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
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