snoozes
Catches quick rest
Snoozes are brief, light periods of sleep—naps or dozes: She took a few snoozes throughout the afternoon.
The verb means to sleep lightly or nap: He snoozed through the lecture.
To hit snooze is to delay an alarm for a few more minutes of sleep.
The phrase you snooze, you lose warns that hesitation means missed opportunity.
Short periods of rest
- dozesSleeps lightly, briefly
- catnapsShort light sleeps
- slumbersSleeps, often peacefully
- restsCeases work temporarily
siesta · power nap · drowses · shuteye · light sleep · nodding off · drifting off · kip
Timed sleep-ender
- delayEnforced waiting period
- postponeDelay to later time
- morning routineDaily start-of-day habits
- wake-upEmerge from sleep
oversleeping · sleep in · grogginess · bedside clock · buzzer · chime · tone · sleep inertia
naps
Short periods of rest
rests · siesta · power nap · drowses · shuteye · light sleep · nodding off · drifting off · kip · afternoon nap
alarm clock
Timed sleep-ender
- delayEnforced waiting period
- postponeDelay to later time
- morning routineDaily start-of-day habits
wake-up · oversleeping · sleep in · grogginess · bedside clock · buzzer · chime · tone · sleep inertia
- falling asleepfell asleep, dozes, dozed off, nods off, nodded off
- snooze buttonAlarm delay mechanism
- snooze alarmButton for extra sleep
- hitting snoozeDelaying an alarm briefly
- hit snooze