slumbered
Was fast asleep
Slumbered is the past tense of slumber, meaning to sleep, especially peacefully or for an extended time.
The word carries a gentler, more literary quality than slept: The baby slumbered in her crib.
Figuratively, things that slumber lie dormant or inactive: Resentments that had slumbered for years suddenly erupted.
Lightly, briefly slumbered
- nappedTook a brief doze
- snoozedTook a light nap
- restedHaving recovered energy
- dreamtImagined while asleep
catnap · siesta · reposed · shuteye · drowsy · somnolent · snored · nodded off
Undisturbed mental quietude
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- calmnessPeaceful mental state
- reposePeaceful stillness or calm
- gentleSoft and kind
placid · harmony · contentment · idyllic · undisturbed · restorative · quietude · blissful
Peaceful stillness or calm
- reverieAbstracted, pleasant daydream
- dreamtImagined while asleep
- poeticOf or like verse
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
romantic · Victorian · fairy tale · enchanted · cursed · spell · timeless · ancient
dozed
Lightly, briefly slumbered
dreamt · catnap · siesta · reposed · shuteye · drowsy · somnolent · snored · nodded off · drifted off
serenity
Undisturbed mental quietude
- tranquilityUndisturbed peacefulness
- calmnessPeaceful mental state
- reposePeaceful stillness or calm
gentle · placid · harmony · contentment · idyllic · undisturbed · restorative · quietude · blissful · stillness
repose
Peaceful stillness or calm
archaic · romantic · Victorian · fairy tale · enchanted · cursed · spell · timeless · ancient · bygone
nocturnal
Active during darkness
twilight · dusk · darkness · crickets · lunar · firefly · aurora · night · evening · chamber
inactive
Not currently functioning
stagnant · quiescent · fallow · untapped · potential · awaiting · undisturbed · forgotten · neglected · buried
- falling asleepfell asleep, dozes, dozed off, nods off, nodded off
- slumber partyOvernight social gathering
- slumber partiesOvernight social gatherings for children
- Golden SlumbersIdealized peaceful sleep
- brief slumberShort period of sleep
slumber, slumbering, slumberous, slumbers, slumberer, slumberers