asleep
Lost in dreams
Asleep describes the state of sleeping: The baby is finally asleep.
To fall asleep is to transition into sleep.
Body parts that are asleep have gone numb from restricted blood flow: My foot fell asleep.
Figuratively, someone asleep is inattentive or unaware: The regulators were asleep at the switch.
Not currently functioning
- dormantInactive but capable
- latentPresent but inactive
- quiescentInactive but capable
- suspendedHalted or hanging temporarily
hibernating · idle · stagnant · inert · sluggish · torpid · lethargic · comatose
Sleeping mind's narrative
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
visions · imagery · surreal · REM · sleepwalking · sleeptalking · lucid · drowsy
Unwakeable unconsciousness
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- stuporSuspended sensibility
- faintWeak and indistinct
blackout · tranquilized · numb · torpor · narcolepsy · syncope · insensible · unaware
Designated hour for retiring
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- darknessTotal absence of light
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
nightfall · twilight · dusk · pajamas · nightgown · nightcap · stars · owl
slumber
Light, restful unconsciousness
siesta · repose · drowse · shuteye · catnap · zzz · yawn · bed · pillow · mattress
inactive
Not currently functioning
suspended · hibernating · idle · stagnant · inert · sluggish · torpid · lethargic · comatose · unresponsive
dream
Sleeping mind's narrative
- nightmareFrightening dream causing wakefulness
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- daydreamConscious fantasy while awake
subconscious · visions · imagery · surreal · REM · sleepwalking · sleeptalking · lucid · drowsy · drifting
coma
Unwakeable unconsciousness
- anesthesiaInduced loss of feeling
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
- stuporSuspended sensibility
faint · blackout · tranquilized · numb · torpor · narcolepsy · syncope · insensible · unaware · oblivious
bedtime
Designated hour for retiring
- nocturnalActive during darkness
- moonlightReflected solar radiance, nocturnal
- darknessTotal absence of light
midnight · nightfall · twilight · dusk · pajamas · nightgown · nightcap · stars · owl · crickets
tranquil
Calm and untroubled
relaxed · gentle · placid · restful · undisturbed · peaceful · mellow · soft · stillness · composed
hush
Absence of sound
noiseless · hushed · whispered · subdued · soft · muffled · tiptoe · snoring · breathing · murmur
- asleepsnoring, sawing logs, catching zs, out like a light, zonked
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
- opposite statesalive, dead, awake, open, closed
- states of beingalive, dead, living, existing, conscious
- states of mindawareness, awake, alert, drowsy, coma
- attentionattention, focus, focused, attentiveness, focused attention
- fall asleepBegin sleeping
- fell asleepEntered unconscious rest
- falling asleepBeginning to slumber
- fast asleepDeeply, thoroughly unconscious
- sound asleepDeeply, thoroughly sleeping
- fallen asleepTransitioned into slumber
sleep, sleepy, sleeping, slept, sleepiness, sleepless, sleepover, sleepwear, oversleep