Thesaurus:fall asleep

Thesaurus

fall asleep

English

Verb

Sense: to pass into sleep

Synonyms

• crash out
• doze off
• drift off
• drop off
• fall asleep
• get off (British)
• go night-night (colloquial, childish)
• go to sleep
• nod off
• nod out
• sack out
• zone

Antonyms

• awake    [⇒ thesaurus]
• awaken    [⇒ thesaurus]
• wake    [⇒ thesaurus]
• wake up

Various

• faint
• pass out

See also

• Thesaurus:sleep
• Thesaurus:go to bed

Further reading

• “683. inactivity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.