dozed off
Slipped into slumber
To doze off is to fall asleep unintentionally, usually briefly and in circumstances where you meant to stay awake: I dozed off during the movie, She dozed off on the couch.
The phrase suggests drifting into light sleep rather than deep slumber.
- fell asleepEntered unconscious rest
- catnapBrief light sleep
- power napBrief restorative sleep
- head bobbingRepeated vertical head motion
- drowsedLightly slept, briefly
snoozed · caught some z's · forty winks · sleep · bedtime · zonked out · rest · sluggishness · heavy eyelids · slumber · grogginess · unconscious · afternoon · fatigue · exhausted · couch · blanket · dreaming
- falling asleepfell asleep, naps, napped, snoozes, slumbers
dozed offwoke up
Became alert after sleeping
wide awake · awakened · came to · alert · awake
dozed offwoke up
Became alert after sleeping
awakened · came around · snapped out of it · rose · got up
dozed offperked up
Became more cheerful
focused · paid attention · tuned in · concentrated · engaged