sleeper
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a rester who is sleeping
Types & categories
- rester hypernym
- dreamer hyponym
- Rip van Winkle hyponym
- sleeping beauty hyponym
- sleepwalker hyponym
- snorer hyponym
- somniloquist hyponym
Related & opposite
- kip derivation
Sense 2 noun
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
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- sleeper nest member holonym
Related & opposite
- terrorism domain topic
Sense 3 noun
an unexpected achiever of success
the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it
Types & categories
- achiever hypernym
Sense 4 noun
one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
Types & categories
- bracing hypernym
Parts & wholes
- railroad track part holonym
Sense 5 noun
a passenger car that has berths for sleeping
Types & categories
- carriage hypernym
Parts & wholes
- drawing room part meronym
- roomette part meronym
Related & opposite
- sleep derivation
Sense 6 noun
pajamas with feet; worn by children
Types & categories
- pj's hypernym
Sense 7 noun
a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
Types & categories
- furniture hypernym
Related & opposite
- sleep derivation
Sense 8 noun
tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
Types & categories
- percoid fish hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Eleotridae member holonym
Sense 9 noun
an unexpected hit
that movie was the sleeper of the summer
Types & categories
- hit hypernym
Related & opposite
- trope domain usage
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | kip |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | rester |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dreamer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Rip van Winkle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sleeping beauty |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sleepwalker |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snorer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | somniloquist |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | terrorism |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | sleeper nest |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | saboteur |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spy |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | terrorist |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | achiever |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | railroad track |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | bracing |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sleep |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | drawing room |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | roomette |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | carriage |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | pj's |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sleep |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | furniture |
| 8 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Eleotridae |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | percoid fish |
| 9 | domain usage | Related & opposite | trope |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | hit |