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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How to use nap in a sentence?

1. Karen Cunningham:

   There's the solid, focused six to eight hours of work that you wouldn't want to bring a baby in for, but then there's the lab errands that you do here and there and that's when it's really useful, i can put Katie down and just go do something quick and I can see her and talk to her and she can nap in there. It's great.

2. Tonya Stratton:

   Grama Linda, it's now your time to relax, but first you must learn the definition of that and then learn to sit without rocking, learn to appreciate quiet, no more piles and piles of laundry to fold, groceries to buy, diapers to change, it's your time now to rest, go through your memories, put your feet up or take a nap and try to understand how incredibly worthy you are to do whatever the hell you want.

3. Charles Scott:

   If you care mostly about optimal performance, you would nap after lunch.

4. Navod Ahmir:

   For example, if I'm taking a nap, then my partner may relax in the cabin, work at a nearby park bench or explore the area until I wake, communication is key, as it's equal parts listening to understand and speaking up for yourself.

5. Courtney Stodden:

   [ Teigen ] wouldn't just publicly tweet about wanting me to take' a dirt nap' but would privately DM me and tell me to kill myself, things like,' I can't wait for you to die.'.