Dictionary entry details
• SLEEPER (noun)
Meaning:
A rester who is sleeping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
sleeper; slumberer
Hypernyms ("sleeper" is a kind of...):
rester (a person who rests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sleeper"):
dreamer (someone who is dreaming)
Rip van Winkle (a person who sleeps a lot)
sleeping beauty (a person who is sleeping soundly)
noctambulist; sleepwalker; somnambulist (someone who walks about in their sleep)
snorer (someone who snores while sleeping)
somniloquist (someone who talks while asleep)
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("sleeper" is a kind of...):
diversionist; saboteur; wrecker (someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks)
spy; undercover agent ((military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors)
terrorist (a radical who employs terror as a political weapon; usually organizes with other terrorists in small cells; often uses religion as a cover for terrorist activities)
Domain category:
act of terrorism; terrorism; terrorist act (the calculated use of violence (or threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear)
Holonyms ("sleeper" is a member of...):
sleeper nest (a nest of sleepers awaiting a prearranged signal)
Meaning:
An unexpected achiever of success
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it
Hypernyms ("sleeper" is a kind of...):
achiever; succeeder; success; winner (a person with a record of successes)
Meaning:
One of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
railroad tie; crosstie; sleeper; tie
Context example:
the British call a railroad tie a sleeper
Hypernyms ("sleeper" is a kind of...):
brace; bracing (a structural member used to stiffen a framework)
Holonyms ("sleeper" is a part of...):
railroad; railroad track; railway (a line of track providing a runway for wheels)
Meaning:
A passenger car that has berths for sleeping
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
sleeping car; wagon-lit; sleeper
Hypernyms ("sleeper" is a kind of...):
carriage; coach; passenger car (a railcar where passengers ride)
Meronyms (parts of "sleeper"):
drawing room (a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet)
roomette (a small private compartment for one on a sleeping car)
Meaning:
Pajamas with feet; worn by children
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sleeper" is a kind of...):
jammies; pajama; pj's; pyjama ((usually plural) loose-fitting nightclothes worn for sleeping or lounging; have a jacket top and trousers)
Meaning:
A piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sleeper" is a kind of...):
article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture (furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy)
Meaning:
Tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
sleeper goby; sleeper
Hypernyms ("sleeper" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Holonyms ("sleeper" is a member of...):
Eleotridae; family Eleotridae (sleepers)
Meaning:
An unexpected hit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
that movie was the sleeper of the summer
Hypernyms ("sleeper" is a kind of...):
bang; hit; smash; smasher; strike (a conspicuous success)
