Synonyms of slept

slept

verb

past tense of sleep

1

as in rested

to be in a state of sleep

the baby slept for the entire length of the car trip

found the night watchman sleeping at his post

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rested
• napped
• dozed
• dreamed
• slumbered
• snoozed
• dropped off
• catnapped
• slept in
• overslept
• drowsed (off)
• nodded off
• hibernated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rose
• woke
• arose
• aroused
• awoke

2

as in bred

to engage in sexual intercourse

if I don't read the tabloids, how will I know who is sleeping with whom this week?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bred
• mated
• had sex
• did it
• copulated
• fornicated
• fooled around

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slept

Shawn slept on a thin mattress on the floor of his parents’ room, lying awake each night to their furious whispers, long after the lights had been turned out. — Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026

The items were inspired in part by the mansion’s Walnut Room, which boasts botanical woodcarvings by Abraham Miller in the ornate space where Henry Clay Frick slept. — Andy Battaglia For Artnews, Robb Report, 2 Oct. 2026

Linton had not taken her medication or slept for days before the crash, prosecutors said. — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026

On June 12, 1994, Brown Simpson, 35, and Ron Goldman, 25, were stabbed to death outside Brown Simpson's Los Angeles home while her two young kids with Simpson slept inside. — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Helen knitted and watched women’s basketball on television, Rocky read a schoolbook about the Industrial Revolution in England, and the Schipperke slept on the rug by the fireplace. — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Based on overheard conversations of early-morning customers, many slept the night on their boats. — David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

There were museums and theaters, and clubs, and the feeling that the city never slept. — Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026

Hours later, as Davis slept inside an 11th-floor recording studio, a hotheaded Adamson returned and shot Davis once in the side of the head, inflicting a catastrophic and life-altering brain injury, according to court records. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 15 Sep. 2026