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Defenition of the word slumber

    • Defenition of the word slumber

      • A periodic state of physiological rest during which consciousness is suspended and metabolic rate is decreased.
      • To rest in a state of decreased consciousness and reduced metabolism.
      • be asleep
      • a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn't get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
      • a dormant or quiescent state
      • a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended; "he didn''t get enough sleep last night"; "calm as a child in dreamless slumber"
      • a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended

    Synonyms for the word slumber

      • catch some Z's
      • catnap
      • doze
      • drowsiness
      • forty winks
      • inactivity
      • kip
      • log Z's
      • nap
      • quiescence
      • rest
      • siesta
      • sleep
      • snooze
      • somnolence

    Similar words in the slumber

      • live in
      • live out
      • sleep in
      • sleep late
      • sleep out
      • slumber
      • slumbered
      • slumbering
      • slumberous
      • slumbers

    Hyponyms for the word slumber

      • aestivate
      • bundle
      • catch a wink
      • catnap
      • estivate
      • hibernate
      • hole up
      • nap
      • nonrapid eye movement
      • nonrapid eye movement sleep
      • NREM
      • NREM sleep
      • orthodox sleep
      • paradoxical sleep
      • practice bundling
      • rapid eye movement
      • rapid eye movement sleep
      • REM
      • REM sleep
      • shuteye
      • sleep in
      • sleep late
      • sleeping

    Hypernyms for the word slumber

      • dormancy
      • physical condition
      • physiological condition
      • physiological state
      • quiescence
      • quiescency
      • repose
      • rest

    Antonyms for the word slumber

      • wake

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