Synonyms and antonyms of Sleepers and describing sleep in British Thesaurus

broken (adjective)

if you have broken sleep or a broken night, you sleep badly, waking up often

deep (adjective)

a deep sleep is one that you do not wake up easily from

dreamless (adjective)

dreamless sleep is sleep with no dreams

heavy sleeper ()

someone who does not wake easily when they are sleeping

in your sleep ()

while you are sleeping

light (adjective)

a light sleep is one in which you wake up often. Someone who often wakes up while they are sleeping is called a light sleeper.

lightly (adverb)

if you sleep lightly, you wake up very easily

light sleeper ()

someone who wakes easily when they are sleeping

noctambulism (noun)

formal the action of walking and sometimes doing things while you are still sleeping

sleeper (noun)

someone who is sleeping

Sleeping Beauty (noun)

humorous used for referring to someone who has been sleeping for a long time

sleepyhead (noun)

spoken used for referring to someone, especially a child, when they have been sleeping and have started to wake up

somnambulist (noun)

formal someone who walks while they are sleeping. A less formal word is sleepwalker.

sound (adjective)

sound sleep is one that is difficult to wake you from

soundly (adverb)

if you sleep soundly, you sleep well and it is not easy to wake you

terrible/good etc sleeper ()

someone who regularly sleeps badly/well

uneasy (adjective)

if someone has an uneasy sleep, they do not rest very well while they are sleeping