slept

[slept] / slɛpt /

VERB

suspend consciousness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bed down doze fall asleep languish relax snooze

STRONG

bunk catnap crash dream drowse flop hibernate nap nod oversleep repose rest retire slumber snore yawn

WEAK

catch a wink catch forty winks conk out cop some z's drop off fall out hit the hay hit the sack nod off sack out saw wood take a nap turn in zonk out zzz

Antonyms

STRONGEST

grow

STRONG

be active energize

WEAK

wake waken

Example Sentences

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And for the first time in a while, I slept ’til morning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

After the quake, thousands of people whose homes had been made uninhabitable or who feared aftershocks slept out for weeks by the moat, but it is once again the preserve of morning joggers and sightseers.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

On school days, the teenagers slept an average of 45 minutes longer than before.

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

After informing the University of Nottingham about the incident, on 18 January, Christopher and the other flatmates were assisted in leaving the accommodation - "creeping out" as Calocane slept.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2026

We hadn't much to move—the pot-bellied stove, cooking pans, dishes, knives and forks, a barrel of smoked salmon, a barrel of seal meat, and the six caribou skins we slept on.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell