to snooze

Examples

• All

• After a long morning of work, I decided to snooze on the couch for a little while.

• Some carry laptops and work during the flight; others, like me, snooze.

  Academic text (2005)

• The dogs like to snooze by the fire.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I'll take these boys back with me so they can snooze a little.

  Hud (1963)

• Two more cocktails on a full stomach, and I'd snooze through the rest of the trip home.

  Fiction book (2001)

• It's late afternoon and Frank is still snoozing after that long trek through the car park.

  The Elephant in the Room (2025)

• Officers arrived and found the suspect, later identified as Sterling, snoozing inside the locked car, the report said.

  Blog text (29)

• Watching, I saw them turn their heads toward the puppy snoozing on its side, tied up to the porch.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Head flopped back over the seat, Angelo snoozes in the hot sun with a sports page over his face.

  Fiction book (1991)

• He was so tired that he began to snooze in the meeting, much to everyone's surprise.

Synonyms

D

to doze

vsto snooze

43 2.3

To sleep lightly for a short time without meaning to

is the same idea but often stresses daytime or accidental short sleep

D

to doze off

vsto snooze

• Informal

35 2.7

To fall asleep for a short time without meaning to

is broader, naming light short sleep whether falling or already asleep

D

to drift off

vsto snooze

23 3.8

To slowly fall asleep without meaning to

describes short light sleep generally without emphasizing the slow start

N

to nap

vsto snooze

23 1.0

To sleep for a short time during the day

is similar but can emphasize unintentional or incidental short sleep

S

to slumber

vsto snooze

15 3.8

To sleep lightly or peacefully

is more about brief, light, often daytime or accidental sleep rather than peaceful rest

N

to nod off

vsto snooze

• Informal

12 4.1

To fall asleep for a short time without meaning to

is similar but can describe light daytime sleep as well as falling asleep

D

to drop off

vsto snooze

• Informal

5 3.0

To fall asleep for a short time, often without meaning to

focuses on light, short, often daytime sleep rather than only the act of falling

D

to drowse

vsto snooze

2 6.1

To be half asleep for a short time

is about taking a short light sleep, not just being half awake

N

to nod out

vsto snooze

• Informal

2 7.9

To fall asleep by accident because you are very tired

describes light, short sleep without implying exhaustion as the cause

C

to catnap

vsto snooze

1 4.4

To sleep for a short time during the day not in bed

often implies brief light sleep and can be accidental rather than planned

C

to catch a wink

vsto snooze

1 5.5

To sleep for a short time, often during the day

is the general short light sleep concept, not only the very brief kind

F

to flake out

vsto snooze

• Informal

1 7.6

To fall asleep suddenly because you are very tired

is usually a light, possibly gradual short sleep rather than a sudden collapse

D

to drowse off

vsto snooze

5.5

To begin to fall asleep without meaning to

is the short light sleep itself, not only the gradual process of starting sleep

C

to catch some z's

vsto snooze

• Informal

8.9

To sleep for a short time

is the neutral description of short light sleep without slang tone

Antonyms

W

to wake

∞ 1.0

To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping

How Long

to sleep

∞ 1.0

to slumber

15 3.8

to snooze

7 2.1

to doze

43 2.3

Surface Forms

Etymology