be asleep

Synonyms

kip sleep sleeping slumber doze snooze snore outspan sleep in go to sleep catnap oversleep doze off zizz saw wood
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Antonyms

rouse turn-out wake awake brace energize
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Examples

Everyone in a position of authority is hysterical, and everyone else is pretending to be asleep. Samuel R. Delany

It's always possible to wake someone from sleep, but no amount of noise will wake someone who is pretending to be asleep. Jonathan Safran Foer

They call it the 'American Dream' because you have to be asleep to believe it. George Carlin

There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep. Desmond Tutu

It's impossible to awaken a man who is pretending to be asleep. Native American Proverb

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. Native American Proverb

Words in the phrase

be asleep

Close letter words and terms

be asexual be ashamed be ashamed of be asleep on one's feet be asleep on the job be asphalted