SLEPT Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

slept

verb

Definition of slept

past tense of sleep

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

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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?

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Recent Examples of slept The findings at Abric Romaní are different because the finds come from a place where Neanderthals lived, slept, cooked, and made tools over the course of some 20,000 years. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026 Most dogs slept on the bed or in the same room as their humans. — Gina Vivinetto, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2026 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

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The defense rested its case on Thursday in the death penalty case of Alberto Sierra, who admitted to snuffing the lives of his estranged wife and her two young daughters with a plastic bag.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
The Kansas City Chiefs return from their bye week well-rested and sitting at 4-0.

— Andy Scholes, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of rested

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The conservancy is currently working to release a group of ploughshare tortoises bred there after the species was close to extinction because of poaching.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026
As a child of parents who bred him to be the next Green Lantern, John knows full well the conflict between conscience and instinct, a ceaseless war that threatens to explode to the surface.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of bred

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Participants who exercised correctly recognized 56% of the images, compared with 57% among those who napped and 46% in the control group.

— Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026
That combination is aimed particularly at high-volume production of fleece, brushed and napped fabrics, including textiles used in softshell garments.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of napped

Verb

Prosecutors said O’Connor tied up her arms, restrained her and then raped and orally copulated her.

— Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
In November 1995, Funston took a 5-year-old boy into some bushes, pulled down his pants and orally copulated him, prosecutors said.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Feb. 2026

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