Synonyms for asleep
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-sleep |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈslip |
Top 10 synonyms for asleep
Définition of asleep
Origin :- c.1200, aslepe, o slæpe, from Old English on slæpe (see sleep). The parallel form on sleep continued until c.1550. Of limbs, "numb through stoppage of circulation," from late 14c. Meaning "inattentive, off guard" is from mid-14c.
- adj unconscious
- Harriet was asleep on the couch at the foot of her bed, and Christine's rooms were empty.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- And yet they looked just as human, you wouldn't 'a' believed it; just like they was asleep.
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- Jim said he hadn't been asleep; he just shut his eyes so he could listen better.
- Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- What was it, then, that had made her as if asleep, in her late restless waiting?
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- More than life he wanted her, but he did not want her asleep.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- And afterwards, here in the cave, I was like one asleep, and when I woke I did not really wake.
- Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson
- "He's asleep," she said in a whisper, coming closer to them.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- But he inquired in a cavernous, strange tone: “Was he asleep?”
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- He was asleep, and waking him up, I told him what had happened.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- He closed his eyes as if asleep, and I paddled on in the alternate moonlight and shadow.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
Antonyms for asleep
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