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asleep

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of ASLEEP

being in a state of suspended consciousness <was sound asleep when the earthquake struck>

Synonyms dormant, dozing, napping, resting, sleeping, slumbering

Related Words drowsy, nodding, sleepy, slumberous (or slumbrous), somnolent; dreaming, reposing; hypnotized, mesmerized; comatose, semiconscious; sleepwalking, somnambulant

Phrases at rest

Near Antonyms aware, conscious; sleepless; aroused, astir, awakened, roused, up, wakened; reawakened, revived

Antonyms awake, sleepless, wakeful, wide-awake

lacking in sensation or feeling <after sitting cross-legged all afternoon, I arose only to discover that my right foot was asleep>

Synonyms asleep, benumbed, dead, insensitive, numbed, torpid, unfeeling

Near Antonyms awake

Antonyms feeling, sensible, sensitive

no longer living <let us pray for those who are now asleep>

Synonyms asleep, breathless, cold, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, fallen, gone, late, lifeless, low

Related Words extinct; dying, fading, moribund; stillborn; finished, lapsed, terminated; inanimate, insensate, nonliving

Near Antonyms animated; dynamic, lively, thriving, vibrant, vital, vivacious; active, functioning, operative, running

Antonyms alive, animate, breathing, going, live, living, quick

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