slumber

1. 1.

   be asleep

   Synonymssleepkiplog Z'scatch some Z's

   Broaderrest

   Narrowerbundlenapsleep latehibernateestivate

Other forms of slumber

plural

slumbers·

past tense

slumberred·

present participle

slumberring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about slumber

What does slumber mean?

slumber means "a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slumber?

slumber has 2 syllables: slum-ber. The stress falls on "slum". In IPA it is /ˈslʌmbɚ/.

What is another word for slumber?

Close synonyms include sleep, sleep, kip, log Z's, catch some Z's. 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 slumber a common word?

slumber is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.