HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of SLEEPER products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | sliy'per |
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| Rhymes | asper, bagpiper, beekeeper, and 133 more rhymes in per... |
| Meaning | A rester who is sleeping. |
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| Synonyms | slumberer |
| Broader | rester |
| Narrower | dreamer; Rip van Winkle; sleeping beauty; sleepwalker, somnambulist, noctambulist; snorer; somniloquist |
| Verbs | sleep |
| 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. |
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| Member of | sleeper nest |
| Category | terrorism, act of terrorism, terrorist act |
| Broader | saboteur, wrecker, diversionist; spy, undercover agent; terrorist |
| Meaning | An unexpected achiever of success. |
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| Examples | "the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it" |
| Broader | achiever, winner, success, succeeder |
| Meaning | One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track. |
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| Examples | "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper" |
| Synonyms | tie, railroad tie, crosstie |
| Part of | railroad track, railroad, railway |
| Broader | brace, bracing |
| Meaning | A passenger car that has berths for sleeping. |
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| Synonyms | sleeping car, wagon-lit |
| Parts | drawing room; roomette |
| Broader | passenger car, coach, carriage |
| Verbs | sleep |
| Meaning | Pajamas with feet. Worn by children. |
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| Broader | pajama, pyjama, pj's, jammies |
| Meaning | A piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed. |
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| Broader | furniture, piece of furniture, article of furniture |
| Verbs | sleep |
| Meaning | Tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water. |
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| Synonyms | sleeper goby |
| Member of | Eleotridae, family Eleotridae |
| Broader | percoid fish, percoid, percoidean |
| Meaning | An unexpected hit. |
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| Examples | "that movie was the sleeper of the summer" |
| Broader | hit, smash, smasher, strike, bang |
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