fall asleep

Verb

Meaning

change from a waking to a sleeping state

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

drop off drift off nod off kip pass sleep asleep slumber doze languish snooze pass away drowse hit the sack hit the hay

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Antonyms

wake up wake awake awaken energize waken

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Hyponyms

zonk out

Examples

Before marriage, a man will lie awake thinking about something you said; after marriage, he'll fall asleep before you finish saying it. Helen Rowland

You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. Dr. Seuss

To fall asleep in your embrace, Land of our dreams, what bliss, O you our cradle, you our grave, You the new hope we ever crave, Peninsula so beautiful, Finland for aye our all! Aleksis Kivi

I only fear God, know the weapons of the weak, the weakness of the heart, and never fall asleep... Lupe Fiasco

They only fall asleep after having mutually taken an oath and then they betray each other. Algerian Proverb

Do not wake one who is sleeping; you will fall asleep yourself. Swahili Proverb

Close letter words and terms

fall apart at the seams fall armyworm fall around fall asleep in the Lord fall asleep on the job Fall aster