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English noun: sleeper | |||
| 1. | sleeper (person) a rester who is sleeping | ||
| Synonyms | slumberer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rester | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | dreamer, noctambulist, Rip van Winkle, sleeping beauty, sleepwalker, snorer, somnambulist, somniloquist | ||
| 2. | sleeper (person) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | diversionist, saboteur, spy, terrorist, undercover agent, wrecker | ||
| Member meronym | sleeper nest | ||
| Domain category | act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act | ||
| 3. | sleeper (person) an unexpected achiever of success | ||
| Samples | The winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | achiever, succeeder, success, winner | ||
| 4. | sleeper (artifact) one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track | ||
| Samples | The British call a railroad tie a sleeper. | ||
| Synonyms | crosstie, railroad tie, tie | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | brace, bracing | ||
| Part meronym | railroad, railroad track, railway | ||
| 5. | sleeper (artifact) a passenger car that has berths for sleeping | ||
| Synonyms | sleeping car, wagon-lit | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | carriage, coach, passenger car | ||
| Part holonym | drawing room, roomette | ||
| 6. | sleeper (artifact) pajamas with feet; worn by children | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | jammies, pajama, pj's, pyjama | ||
| 7. | sleeper (artifact) a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture | ||
| 8. | sleeper (animal) tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water | ||
| Synonyms | sleeper goby | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean | ||
| Member meronym | Eleotridae, family Eleotridae | ||
| 9. | sleeper (act) an unexpected hit | ||
| Samples | That movie was the sleeper of the summer. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bang, hit, smash, smasher, strike | ||
| Domain usage | figure, figure of speech, image, trope | ||
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