sleep over

verb

To spend the night as a guest in someone's home.

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stay overstopkeeplodgequartersojournstaystop off
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Meanings

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

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

  1. To spend the night as a guest in someone's home.

    Synonyms: stay over, stop, keep, lodge, quarter, sojourn, stay, stay over

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo spend the night as a guest in someone's home.

Similar
stay overstopkeeplodgequartersojournstaystay overstopstop offstop overtarry

More synonyms by meaning

verbstay overnight

Similar
stay over
Broader
lodge
Also see
lodgesojournstay overstop offstop overtarry

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic بَاتَ
  • بَاتَ (bāta)to sleep over
Bulgarian преспиване
  • преспиване (prespivane)to sleep over
Catalan pernitar
  • pernitarto sleep over
Danish overnatte
  • overnatteto sleep over
Dutch overnachten, logeren
  • overnachtento sleep over
  • logerento sleep over
Esperanto tranokti, nokti
  • tranoktito sleep over
  • noktito sleep over
Finnish olla yötä
  • olla yötäto sleep over
French passer la nuit, parnuire
  • passer la nuitto sleep over
  • parnuireto sleep over
German übernachten, nächtigen
  • übernachtento sleep over
  • nächtigento sleep over
Hungarian éjszakázik, megszáll
  • éjszakázikto sleep over
  • megszállto sleep over
  • alszikto sleep over
  • hálto sleep over
Icelandic gista
  • gistato sleep over
Italian pernottare, passare la notte
  • pernottareto sleep over
  • passare la notteto sleep over
Latin pernoctare, abnoctare
  • pernoctareto sleep over
  • abnoctareto sleep over
Norwegian natte over, overnatte
  • natte overto sleep over
  • overnatteto sleep over
Polish nocować, przenocować
  • nocowaćto sleep over
  • przenocowaćto sleep over
Portuguese dormir fora, pousar
  • dormir forato sleep over
  • pousarto sleep over
  • fazer um pousãoto sleep over
  • pernoitarto sleep over
Romanian petrece noaptea
  • petrece noapteato sleep over
Russian проводи́ть ночь, ночева́ть
  • проводи́ть ночь (provodítʹ nočʹ)to sleep over
  • ночева́ть (nočevátʹ)to sleep over
Spanish pernoctar, pasar la noche
  • pernoctarto sleep over
  • pasar la nocheto sleep over
Swedish sova över, ligga över
  • sova överto sleep over
  • ligga överto sleep over
  • övernattato sleep over
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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