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asleep

[uh-sleep] / əˈslip /
ADJECTIVE
unconscious
Synonyms
STRONGEST
comatose dormant
WEAK
catching some zzz's conked crashed dozing dreaming flaked out getting shut-eye hibernating in dreamland in repose inactive inert napping on the kip out out cold out like a light out of it reposing resting sacked out sleeping slumbering snoozing snoring somnolent taking forty winks
Antonyms
WEAK
attentive awake conscious

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Few artists can draw from both worlds, but they collided in her debut, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?—pillow-soft vocals and blown-out drums, singer-songwriter lullabies and sonic battering rams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Eilish’s 2019 debut album, “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?,” mapped gothic nightmares, adolescent obsessions and lingering traumas along with an occasional giggle.

From New York Times • May 17, 2024

A fan watches Asleep at the Wheel perform on the Palomino Stage on Saturday.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2024

Billie Eilish made history when she won all four of the Grammys' biggest awards in a single night for her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep Where Do We Go?

From BBC • Jul. 14, 2022

Water is my special power, my way to cheat the Asleep and stop it from coming on.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

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