dozing
Lightly nodding off
Dozing is light, intermittent sleep—the kind where you drift in and out of awareness.
Unlike deep sleep, someone dozing can be easily roused: He was dozing in front of the television when the phone rang.
To doze off is to fall into this state unintentionally: I dozed off during the lecture.
Wanting to doze
- drowsyNearly falling asleep
- groggyWeak and unsteady
- blearyDim from fatigue
- heavy-eyedVisibly fatigued, needing sleep
yawning · nodding · tired · weary · exhausted · fatigued · somnolent · languid
Light, restful unconsciousness
- sleepRecurring unconscious repose
- reposePeaceful stillness or calm
- restCessation of activity
- dreamSleeping mind's narrative
liminal · fitful · semiconscious · floating · suspended · trance-like · dreamlike · reverie
sleepy
Wanting to doze
heavy-eyed · yawning · nodding · tired · weary · exhausted · fatigued · somnolent · languid · lethargic
nap
Brief daytime rest
slumber
Light, restful unconsciousness
dream · liminal · fitful · semiconscious · floating · suspended · trance-like · dreamlike · reverie
couch
Upholstered seating furniture
bed · pillow · blanket · sofa · porch · sunshine · afternoon · fireside · beach · shade
lounging
Reclining in idleness
vegging · idling · lolling · inactive · leisurely · unoccupied · languid · at-ease · unwinding · decompressing
- idlenessdoing nothing, idling, loafing, lounging, lazing
- leisurely activitiesrelaxing, strolling, lounging, wandering, daydreaming
- light sleepnapping, snooze, catnap, drowsing, half-asleep
- restresting, sleeping, napping, slumber, slumbering
- sleepsleep, sleeping, nap, slumber, naps
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying