Definitions

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

Example Sentences

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Usually I’m in bed by 9 and asleep by 10.

From Los Angeles Times

We never fell asleep until he had arranged the blankets in his special way and laid his hand for a moment on each head.

From Literature

He looked fast asleep, or dead—I was not sure which.

From Literature

He mimed falling asleep at the question and said he hadn’t heard about it.

From Salon

He added: "Just the fact that I found it so normal, in a sad way, that it was okay to just put my head on the pillow and fall asleep."

From BBC