Synonyms for nap
næpnap

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1. sleep, napnoun

   a period of time spent sleeping

   "he felt better after a little sleep"; "there wasn't time for a nap"

   Synonyms:
   eternal sleep, sopor, eternal rest, snooze, quietus, pile, cat sleep, slumber, sleep, forty winks, short sleep, rest, catnap

2. napnoun

   a soft or fuzzy surface texture

   Synonyms:
   catnap, short sleep, sleep, cat sleep, forty winks, snooze, pile

3. pile, napnoun

   the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave

   "for uniform color and texture tailors cut velvet with the pile running the same direction"

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, mound, peck, mint, plenty, lot, spile, batch, raft, quite a little, passel, atomic reactor, short sleep, spate, muckle, big money, mass, bundle, pile, snooze, good deal, stack, mountain, galvanic pile, atomic pile, deal, piling, stilt, big bucks, chain reactor, megabucks, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, down, great deal, mess, forty winks, sight, voltaic pile, sleep, cat sleep, cumulus, catnap, cumulation, pot, agglomerate

4. nap, catnap, cat sleep, forty winks, short sleep, snoozenoun

   sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed)

   Synonyms:
   snooze, pile, cat sleep, sleep, forty winks, short sleep, catnap

5. Napoleon, napverb

   a card game similar to whist; usually played for stakes

   Synonyms:
   snooze, pile, cat sleep, sleep, forty winks, short sleep, catnap

6. nap, catnap, catch a winkverb

   take a siesta

   "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"

   Synonyms:
   catnap, catch a wink

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1. • Texture
   • Time Period
   • Yarn

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1. napnoun

   Synonyms:
   v. doze, slumber, drowse, take a short sleep

2. napnoun

   Synonyms:
   doze, slumber, short sleep

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "nap":

   naps, pan, siesta, anp, mr, napas, day, npa, bread, napa, nip, pal

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1. Thomas Duconseille:

   I enjoy walking in the mountains with the rest of the group, and I’m also a runner, so I like going for a run at the 1.2-mile-long airstrip. But usually, on Sunday, I’ll read, take a nap, and prepare for the week ahead.

2. Fernandez de Andrada:

   For me it is sufficient to have a corner by my hearth, a book and a friend, and a nap undisturbed by creditors or grief.

3. Christina Torino-Benton:

   I tried for maybe two minutes to allow some family members to calm her down, but having missed her nap, and in that heat, it wasn’t going to happen, there was no question. I had to nurse, and I wasn’t hesitant about that at all.

4. Martha Stewart:

   I catnap now and then, but I think while I nap, so it's not a waste of time.

5. Ben Shapiro:

   If they are so pathetic that they can't be bothered to show up and discuss my fact-based perspectives with me, they don't belong at a major university, perhaps they ought to try pre-school rather than college, where they can feel safe and enjoy nap time, too.