sleep in

Australia, India, UK/ˌsliːp ˈɪn/Canada, US, Scotland/ˌslip ˈɪn/New Zealand/ˌsliːp ˈən/

verb

To sleep late; to go on sleeping past one's customary or planned hour.

“She didn't come home last night — her bed hasn't been slept in.”

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lie insleep latelive in
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Meanings

verbsleep in (third-person singular simple present sleeps in, present participle sleeping in, simple past and past participle slept in)

present singular third person sleeps in · participle present sleeping in · participle past slept in · past slept in

  1. idiomaticintransitiveTo sleep late; to go on sleeping past one's customary or planned hour.

    On a rainy Saturday, after a busy week at work, he closed the curtains and decided to sleep in.

    Synonyms: lie in

  2. intransitiveUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleep, in.

    She didn't come home last night — her bed hasn't been slept in.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo sleep late; to go on sleeping past one's customary or planned hour.

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lie in

More synonyms by meaning

verbsleep later than usual or customary

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sleep late
Broader
sleepkipslumber

verblive in the house where one works

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live in
Broader
board
Also see
live in

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 睡懶覺 /睡懒觉, 睡過頭 /睡过头
  • 睡懶覺 /睡懒觉 (shuì lǎnjiào)to sleep late
  • 睡過頭 /睡过头 (shuìguòtóu)to sleep late
Czech zaspat
  • zaspatto sleep late
Dutch uitslapen, verslapen (oversleep)
  • uitslapento sleep late
  • verslapen (oversleep)to sleep late
Esperanto satdormi, fordormi (oversleep)
  • satdormito sleep late
  • fordormi (oversleep)to sleep late
Finnish nukkua pommiin
  • nukkua pommiinto sleep late
French faire la grasse matinée
  • faire la grasse matinéeto sleep late
German ausschlafen, verschlafen (oversleep)
  • ausschlafento sleep late
  • verschlafen (oversleep)to sleep late
Hungarian ágyban marad, tovább alszik
  • ágyban maradto sleep late
  • tovább alszikto sleep late
  • sokáig alszikto sleep late
  • kialussza magátto sleep late
Japanese 寝坊する, 寝過ごす
  • 寝坊する (nebō suru)to sleep late
  • 寝過ごす (nesugosu)to sleep late
Korean 늦잠을 자다
  • 늦잠을 자다 (neutjam-eul jada)to sleep late
Latvian izgulēties
  • izgulētiesto sleep late
Norwegian Bokmål oversove, sove ut
  • oversoveto sleep late
  • sove utto sleep late
Polish but see wysypiać się, wyspać się
  • but see wysypiać sięto sleep late
  • wyspać sięto sleep late
Portuguese dormir até tarde
  • dormir até tardeto sleep late
Russian проспа́ть, вы́спаться
  • проспа́ть (prospátʹ)to sleep late
  • вы́спаться (výspatʹsja)to sleep late
  • отоспа́ться (otospátʹsja)to sleep late
Spanish habérsele pegado a uno las sábanas, dormir hasta tarde
  • habérsele pegado a uno las sábanasto sleep late
  • dormir hasta tardeto sleep late
Swedish sova ut
  • sova utto sleep late
Vietnamese ngủ nướng
  • ngủ nướngto sleep late
Welsh cysgu'n hwyr
  • cysgu'n hwyrto sleep late
Cite this entry
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sleep in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleep%20in

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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