| NOUN | person | sleeper, slumberer | a rester who is sleeping |
|---|---|---|---|
| person | sleeper | a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal | |
| person | sleeper | an unexpected achiever of success | |
| artifact | sleeper, tie, railroad tie, crosstie | one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track | |
| artifact | sleeper, sleeping car, wagon-lit | a passenger car that has berths for sleeping | |
| artifact | sleeper | pajamas with feet | |
| artifact | sleeper | a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed | |
| animal | sleeper, sleeper goby | tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests / rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water | |
| act | sleeper | an unexpected hit |
| Sounds | sliy'per | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | asper ... zipper: 139 rhymes with per... | |
| Meaning | A rester who is sleeping. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | slumberer | |
| Narrower | Rip van Winkle | A person who sleeps a lot |
| dreamer | someone who is dreaming | |
| sleeping beauty | A person who is sleeping soundly | |
| sleepwalker, somnambulist, noctambulist | someone who walks about in their sleep | |
| snorer | someone who snores while sleeping | |
| somniloquist | someone who talks / talks while asleep | |
| Broader | rester | A person who rests / rests / rests |
| Spanish | durmiente | |
| Catalan | dorment | |
| Verbs | sleep | be asleep |
| Meaning | A spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal. | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act | The calculated use of violence (or the threat / threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature |
| Member of | sleeper nest | A nest of sleepers awaiting a prearranged signal |
| Broader | saboteur, wrecker, diversionist | someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks / wrecks |
| spy, undercover agent | (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors | |
| terrorist | A radical who employs terror as a political weapon | |
| Meaning | An unexpected achiever of success. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it" | |
| Broader | achiever, winner, success, succeeder | A person with a record / record of successes |
| Spanish | agente encubierto | |
| Meaning | One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" | |
| Synonyms | tie, railroad tie, crosstie | |
| Part of | railroad track, railroad, railway | A line of track providing a runway for wheels |
| Broader | brace, bracing | A structural member used to stiffen a framework |
| Spanish | durmiente, traviesa | |
| Catalan | travessa | |
| Meaning | A passenger car that has berths for sleeping. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | sleeping car, wagon-lit | |
| Parts | drawing room | A private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet |
| roomette | A small private compartment for one on a sleeping car | |
| Broader | passenger car, coach, carriage | A railcar where passengers ride |
| Spanish | coche cama, coche-cama, vagón dormitorio, wagon-lit | |
| Catalan | cotxe-llit, vagó-llit, wagon-lit | |
| Verbs | sleep | be able to accommodate for sleeping |
| Meaning | pajamas with feet; worn by children. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | pajama, pyjama, pj's, jammies | (usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging |
| Meaning | A piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture | furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy |
| Verbs | sleep | be able to accommodate for sleeping |
| Meaning | Tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests / rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | sleeper goby | |
| Member of | Eleotridae, family Eleotridae | sleepers |
| Broader | percoid fish, percoid, percoidean | Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
| Meaning | An unexpected hit. | |
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| Example | "that movie was the sleeper of the summer" | |
| Broader | hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang | A conspicuous success |
| Usage of | trope, figure of speech, figure, image | language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense |
| Spanish | éxito inesperado, sorpresa | |
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