Synonyms for sleeper
ˈsli pərsleep·er

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1. sleepernoun

   Synonyms:
   tie

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1. sleeper, slumberernoun

   a rester who is sleeping

   Synonyms:
   slumberer, sleeper goby, crosstie, tie, wagon-lit, railroad tie, sleeping car

2. sleepernoun

   a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal

   Synonyms:
   tie, sleeping car, railroad tie, slumberer, crosstie, wagon-lit, sleeper goby

3. sleepernoun

   an unexpected achiever of success

   "the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it"

   Synonyms:
   tie, sleeping car, railroad tie, slumberer, crosstie, wagon-lit, sleeper goby

4. tie, railroad tie, crosstie, sleepernoun

   one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

   "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"

   Synonyms:
   crosstie, tie-up, standoff, wagon-lit, linkup, necktie, tie, draw, tie-in, affiliation, link, sleeper goby, association, slumberer, sleeping car, railroad tie, tie beam

5. sleeping car, sleeper, wagon-litnoun

   a passenger car that has berths for sleeping

   Synonyms:
   sleeping car, sleeper goby, crosstie, tie, wagon-lit, slumberer, railroad tie

6. sleepernoun

   pajamas with feet; worn by children

   Synonyms:
   tie, sleeping car, railroad tie, slumberer, crosstie, wagon-lit, sleeper goby

7. sleepernoun

   a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed

   Synonyms:
   tie, sleeping car, railroad tie, slumberer, crosstie, wagon-lit, sleeper goby

8. sleeper, sleeper gobynoun

   tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water

   Synonyms:
   slumberer, sleeper goby, crosstie, tie, wagon-lit, railroad tie, sleeping car

9. sleepernoun

   an unexpected hit

   "that movie was the sleeper of the summer"

   Synonyms:
   tie, sleeping car, railroad tie, slumberer, crosstie, wagon-lit, sleeper goby

Matched Categories

1. • Achiever
   • Brace
   • Furniture
   • Hit
   • Pajama
   • Percoid Fish
   • Rester
   • Saboteur
   • Spy

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1. sleepernoun

   Synonyms:
   slumberer, drone, sluggard, tie, joist

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1. List of paraphrases for "sleeper":

   sleepers, bunk, sleeping

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How to use sleeper in a sentence?

1. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:

   Four hundred targets have been identified by our intelligence services that are more or less sleeper cells, affiliated or in relation with Al Qaeda-type organizations, that can strike like the Kouachi brothers.

2. Milla Jovovich:

   [Ever] was never a ‘good’ sleeper, so every two or three hours I was waking up to feed her and calm her. I never wanted to let her signals go unanswered and letting her cry it out was not the way I wanted to raise my child, not that I judge other methods of mothering, I just knew that it wouldn’t make me happy to allow her to be separated from us at night and cry for hours on end. And I always say, whatever you need to do to be a happy mother is the best for baby.

3. Michelle Garrison:

   It can lead to labeling their child as a ` bad sleeper ’ – and going forward, it could harm the development of independent sleep habits if the child internalizes the belief or if the parent’s belief results in reduced opportunities for the child to learn and practice healthy sleep habits.

4. Frank Herbert:

   Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.

5. Abu Adel:

   ISIS can’t control Manbij again, but there are sleeper cells here. This is a big country and we liberated this city alongside the U.S., we still have threats, we still need their expertise.