doze off

noun

A short, unintentional nap, an instance of dozing off.

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drop offsack outsee Thesaurus:fall asleepfall asleepdope offflake outdrift offnod off
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Meanings

noundoze off (plural doze offs)

plural doze offs

  1. A short, unintentional nap, an instance of dozing off.
verbdoze off (third-person singular simple present dozes off, present participle dozing off, simple past and past participle dozed off)

present singular third person dozes off · participle present dozing off · participle past dozed off · past dozed off

  1. intransitiveTo fall asleep unintentionally.
    1 more example

    Therefore, what the train of the future must do is offer a comfortable and enjoyable experience in well-designed carriages that (for example) have pleasant lighting, have seats that align with windows, and which are comfortable enough so that you can doze off without having to call your oesteopath as soon as you wake up.

    2021 April 7, Christian Wolmar, “Electrification is a given... but comfort matters as well”, in RAIL, number 928, page 47

    Synonyms: drop off, sack out, see Thesaurus:fall asleep

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo fall asleep unintentionally.

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drop offsack outsee Thesaurus:fall asleep

More synonyms by meaning

verbchange from a waking to a sleeping state

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fall asleepdope offflake outdrift offnod offdrop offdrowse off
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changealtervary
Also see
dope offdrift offdrop offfall asleepflake outnod offsack outzone

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 瞌睡, 盹
  • 瞌睡 (kēshuì)unintentional nap
  • 盹unintentional nap
  • 打瞌睡 (dǎkēshuì)to fall asleep unintentionally
  • 打盹 (dǎdǔn)to fall asleep unintentionally
Dutch indutten
  • induttento fall asleep unintentionally
Finnish uinahdus, uinahtaa
  • uinahdusunintentional nap
  • uinahtaato fall asleep unintentionally
  • pilkkiäto fall asleep unintentionally
French s'assoupir
  • s'assoupirto fall asleep unintentionally
German einnicken
  • einnickento fall asleep unintentionally
Italian assopirsi, appisolarsi
  • assopirsito fall asleep unintentionally
  • appisolarsito fall asleep unintentionally
Japanese うとうとする
  • うとうとする (utouto suru)to fall asleep unintentionally
Polish drzemka, zdrzemnąć się
  • drzemkaunintentional nap
  • zdrzemnąć sięto fall asleep unintentionally
  • odpływaćto fall asleep unintentionally
  • odpłynąćto fall asleep unintentionally
Portuguese cair no sono, passar pelas brasas
  • cair no sonoto fall asleep unintentionally
  • passar pelas brasasto fall asleep unintentionally
Russian задрема́ть
  • задрема́ть (zadremátʹ)to fall asleep unintentionally
Spanish adormecerse, cabecear
  • adormecerseto fall asleep unintentionally
  • cabecearto fall asleep unintentionally
  • quedarse transpuestoto fall asleep unintentionally
  • quedarse dormidoto fall asleep unintentionally
  • adormitarseto fall asleep unintentionally
  • adormilarseto fall asleep unintentionally
  • amodorrarseto fall asleep unintentionally
  • dormitarto fall asleep unintentionally
  • transponerseto fall asleep unintentionally
Swedish slumra till
  • slumra tillto fall asleep unintentionally
Thai หลับใน
  • หลับใน (làp-nai)to fall asleep unintentionally
Turkish uyuklamak
  • uyuklamakto fall asleep unintentionally
Ukrainian задріма́ти
  • задріма́ти (zadrimáty)to fall asleep unintentionally
Vietnamese ngủ gật
  • ngủ gậtto fall asleep unintentionally
Cite this entry
APA

doze off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doze%20off

MLA

“doze off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doze%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doze off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doze%20off.

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