Synonyms for fall asleep
fall asleep

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1. fall asleepverb

   Synonyms:
   go to sleep, pass away, pass over, drift off, pass, nod off, drop off

   Antonyms:
   awake, awaken, wake, wake up

2. fall asleepverb

   To pass from a state of wakefulness into sleep.

   Synonyms:
   pass away, go to sleep, nod off, pass, drift off, drop off, pass over

   Antonyms:
   awake, awaken, wake up, wake

3. fall asleepverb

   To die

   John Doe, fell asleep 1 January 2001.

   Synonyms:
   go to sleep, pass away, nod off, drift off, drop off, pass, pass over

   Antonyms:
   awake, wake, wake up, awaken

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1. fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse offverb

   change from a waking to a sleeping state

   "he always falls asleep during lectures"

   Synonyms:
   flake out, nod off, slip, put down, drop away, doze off, discharge, fall behind, fall back, lose, set down, drop, fall away, drift off, recede, drop off, drowse off, unload, dope off

   Antonyms:
   waken, awake, arouse, wake up, come alive, awaken, wake

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1. Baltasar Gracian:

   Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed.

2. Yuval Neria:

   Nightmares are really a common symptom of PTSD, people are terrified by their nightmares and always very ambivalent about whether to fall asleep or not because they know that they may meet their demons.

3. Joyce Walsleben:

   Typically, REM sleep doesn't begin until about 90 minutes after you fall asleep, but if you're exhausted, the brain can get there in as few as 10 minutes.

4. Michael Miller:

   Some patients with a loud faulty valve can even hear the sound of their valve at night when they are trying to fall asleep.

5. Rebecca Robbins:

   What a lot of sleep difficulties are all about is people who struggle to fall asleep because their mind is buzzing, but exercises like the 4-7-8 technique give you the opportunity to practice being at peace. And that's exactly what we need to do before we go to bed.