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SMART Thesaurus: Animal physiology: sleep & sleeping
Synonyms and related words:
- bye-byes noun
- comatose adjective
- doss verb
- doze off phrasal verb
- drift off phrasal verb
- flake out phrasal verb
- kip noun
- kip verb
- oversleep verb
- power nap noun
- retire verb (LEAVE A PLACE)
- shuteye noun
- sleep noun (NOT AWAKE)
- sleep over phrasal verb
- sleep verb
- slept verb
- snooze verb
- somnambulism noun
- sound adverb, adjective
- soundly adverb (SLEEP)
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