slumbers
Rests through night
Slumbers is the plural of slumber—periods of sleep, especially peaceful or prolonged rest.
The word is literary and somewhat old-fashioned: She was roused from her slumbers by a knock at the door.
As a verb, slumbers means sleeps: The village slumbers while the night watch keeps guard.
Figuratively, something that slumbers lies dormant or inactive.
Sleeps lightly, briefly
- napsShort periods of rest
- restsCeases work temporarily
- drowsesBecomes lightly sleepy
- snoozesBrief periods of rest
dreams · sleeps · reposes · catnaps · drifts · siesta · dormancy · unconsciousness
Deliberate untruths
- waitsStays for something
- hibernatesSleeps through winter
- stagnatesCeases movement or progress
- quietudeState of calm stillness
latency · suspension · inactivity · stillness · quiescence · fallow · idle · untapped
dozes
Sleeps lightly, briefly
snoozes · dreams · sleeps · reposes · catnaps · drifts · siesta · dormancy · unconsciousness · shuteye
lies
Deliberate untruths
- waitsStays for something
- hibernatesSleeps through winter
- stagnatesCeases movement or progress
quietude · latency · suspension · inactivity · stillness · quiescence · fallow · idle · untapped · buried
dreams
Involuntary sleep visions
gentle · deep · eternal · restful · innocent · untroubled · blessed · sweet · heavenly · tranquil
- falling asleepfell asleep, dozes, dozed off, nods off, nodded off
slumberswakes
Becomes conscious again
awakens · wakefulness · consciousness · stirs · rouses
- slumber partyOvernight social gathering
- slumber partiesOvernight social gatherings for children
- Golden SlumbersIdealized peaceful sleep
- brief slumberShort period of sleep