Definitions

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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At night they slept together on the floor in one room, under blankets they had brought from home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Without a fan to keep the heat and mosquitoes at bay at home, she had barely slept.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 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

Aged 19 back in 2001, for six months he slept wherever he could in Minneapolis.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

From the shadows under his eyes, she guessed that he hadn’t slept any better than she had.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver