sleep: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 7 letter points · starts with S · ends with P
Meaning of sleep
verb
- intransitive
To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.
Example: You should sleep eight hours a day.
- euphemistic, idiomatic
To have sexual intercourse (see sleep with).
Example: Last night we slept together for the first time.
- transitive
To accommodate in beds.
Example: This caravan can sleep four people comfortably.
- idiomatic, intransitive
To be careless, inattentive, or unconcerned; not to be vigilant; to live thoughtlessly.
Listed forms: sleeps, sleeping, slept, glossary, sleepest.
Source: Wiktionary — sleep.
noun
- uncountable
The state of reduced consciousness during which a human or animal rests in a daily rhythm.
Example: I really need some sleep.
- countable, informal
An act or instance of sleeping.
Example: I’m just going to have a quick sleep.
- countable, informal, metonymically, uncountable
A night.
Example: There are only three sleeps till Christmas!
- uncountable
Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).
Listed forms: sleeps, sleepe.
Source: Wiktionary — sleep.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for sleep.
noun
a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended
noun
a torpid state resembling deep sleep
noun
a period of time spent sleeping
noun
euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is sleep in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of sleep
S(1) + L(1) + E(1) + E(1) + P(3) = 7 points.
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Anagrams of sleep
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from sleep
16 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in sleep. Showing up to 24, longest first.