Phrase guide

sound asleep

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Sleeping still and silently.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: fast asleep, down for the count

Antonyms: wide awake, awake

Broader terms: asleep, out cold, out, unconscious, knock out

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Central Bikol: nanok — sleeping still and silently
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沉睡 (chénshuì) — sleeping still and silently
  • Chinese Mandarin: 熟睡 (shúshuì) — sleeping still and silently
  • Estonian: sügavas unes — sleeping still and silently
  • Finnish: syvässä unessa — sleeping still and silently
  • French: dormir à poings fermés — sleeping still and silently
  • German: fest schlafend — sleeping still and silently
  • German: tief schlafend — sleeping still and silently
  • Portuguese: ferrado no sono — sleeping still and silently
  • Russian: крепко спящий (krepko spjaščij) — sleeping still and silently
  • Turkish: mışıl mışıl uyuyan — sleeping still and silently