lie-abed

1. 1.

   a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour

   Synonymsslugabed

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Questions about lie-abed

What does lie-abed mean?

lie-abed means "a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour".

How many syllables are in lie-abed?

lie-abed has 2 syllables: lie-a-bed. The stress falls on "lie-a".

What is another word for lie-abed?

Close synonyms include slugabed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lie-abed a common word?

lie-abed is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.