Synonyms: deceased, departed, gone, asleep, at peace, at rest
Definition: dead
Usage: he is deceased; our dear departed friend
Similar words: dead
Definition: no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
Usage: the nerve is dead; a dead pallor; he was marked as a dead man by the assassin
Synonyms: asleep
Definition: in a state of sleep
Usage: were all asleep when the phone rang; fell asleep at the wheel
Similar words: at rest
Definition: in a state of repose or especially sleep
Similar words: torpid, dormant, hibernating
Definition: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
Usage: dormant buds; a hibernating bear; torpid frogs
Similar words: dozy, drowsing, drowsy
Definition: half asleep
Usage: made drowsy by the long ride; it seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing (or dozing) professor; a tired dozy child; the nodding (or napping) grandmother in her rocking chair
Similar words: fast asleep, sound asleep
Definition: sleeping deeply
Usage: lying fast asleep on the sofa; it would be cruel to wake him; he's sound asleep
Similar words: hypnoid
Definition: of or relating to a state of sleep or hypnosis
Similar words: sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheaded
Definition: ready to fall asleep
Usage: beginning to feel sleepy; a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids; sleepyheaded students
Similar words: slumberous, slumbery, slumbrous, somnolent
Definition: inclined to or marked by drowsiness
Usage: slumberous (or slumbrous) eyes; `slumbery' is archaic; the sound had a somnolent effect
Similar words: unawakened
Definition: still asleep
Synonyms: asleep, benumbed, numb
Definition: lacking sensation
Usage: my foot is asleep; numb with cold
Similar words: insensible
Definition: incapable of physical sensation
Usage: insensible to pain; insensible earth