Synonyms for sleeping
sleep·ing

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1. sleepingnoun

   the state of being asleep

   Synonyms:
   dormancy, quiescency, quiescence

   Antonyms:
   waking, vertical, erect, upright

2. quiescence, quiescency, dormancy, sleepingnoun

   quiet and inactive restfulness

   Synonyms:
   dormancy, quiescency, quiescence

   Antonyms:
   waking, upright, erect, vertical

3. sleepingadjective

   the suspension of consciousness and decrease in metabolic rate

   Synonyms:
   dormancy, quiescency, quiescence

   Antonyms:
   waking, vertical, erect, upright

4. dormant(ip), sleepingadjective

   lying with head on paws as if sleeping

   Antonyms:
   waking, upright, erect, vertical

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1. dozing

   Submitted by anonymous on December 16, 2019  

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1. sleepingadjective

   Synonyms:
   asleep, slumbering, dormant

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1. List of paraphrases for "sleeping":

   sleep, sor, asleep, layer, hibernate, sleeps, sleeper, coating, bed

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How to use sleeping in a sentence?

1. Wil Smith:

   There were times the only way I could get through was to come in and look at you and to see you sleeping and then go back to my studies.

2. Emilia Kamvisi:

   We saw people crying in the boats, people leaving their homes, people sleeping in the streets.

3. Mary Renault:

   In all men is evil sleeping; the good man is he who will not awaken it, in himself or in other men.

4. Raj Dasgupta:

   Also, one of the best ways to help yourself fall asleep is focusing on breathing. Most breathing exercises for sleeping usually involves slow and deep breaths.

5. Jay Harris:

   Think about that phrase, 'As cool as the other side of the pillow.' It's a hot, stifling night. You're having trouble sleeping. But then you think to turn the pillow over, and, Wow, it's cool, and it feels so good, well, that's who Stuart is. He is 'the other side of pillow,' the man who made sportscasting cool. God bless whoever it was who thought to rearrange the bedding at ESPN.