sleeping

English Thesaurus

1. the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate (noun.act)

hypernym	:	activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process,
definition	:	an organic process that takes place in the body (noun.process)

hyponym	:	noctambulation, noctambulism, sleepwalking, somnambulation, somnambulism,
definition	:	walking by a person who is asleep (noun.act)

hyponym	:	sleep talking, somniloquism, somniloquy,
definition	:	uttering speech while asleep (noun.act)

hyponym	:	cat sleep, catnap, forty winks, nap, short sleep, snooze,
definition	:	sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	doze, drowse,
definition	:	a light fitful sleep (noun.act)

2. quiet and inactive restfulness (noun.act)

hypernym	:	ease, relaxation, repose, rest,
definition	:	freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	vegetation,
definition	:	inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life (noun.act)

3. the state of being asleep (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	sleep, slumber,
definition	:	a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended (noun.state)

part holonym	:	dream, dreaming,
definition	:	a series of mental images and emotions occurring during sleep (noun.cognition)

4. lying with head on paws as if sleeping (adj.all)

similar	:	unerect,
definition	:	not upright in position or posture (adj.all)

domain category	:	heraldry,
definition	:	the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies (noun.cognition)

5. quiet and inactive restfulness (noun.act)

derivation	:	dormant, hibernating, torpid,
definition	:	in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation (adj.all)

derivation	:	quiescent,
definition	:	marked by a state of tranquil repose (adj.all)

6. the state of being asleep (noun.cognition)

antonym	:	waking,
definition	:	the state of remaining awake (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	catch some z's, kip, log z's, sleep, slumber,
definition	:	be asleep (verb.body)

7. quiet and inactive restfulness (noun.act)

derivation	:	dormant, hibernating, torpid,
definition	:	in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation (adj.all)

derivation	:	quiescent,
definition	:	marked by a state of tranquil repose (adj.all)

8. the state of being asleep (noun.cognition)

antonym	:	waking,
definition	:	the state of remaining awake (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	catch some z's, kip, log z's, sleep, slumber,
definition	:	be asleep (verb.body)