Unscramble sleeper

Definition of sleeper

noun:

• a rester who is sleeping. Synonyms: slumberer.
• 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.
• an unexpected achiever of success; "the winner was a true sleeper--no one expected him to get it".
• one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track; "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper". Synonyms: crosstie, railroad tie, tie.
• a passenger car that has berths for sleeping. Synonyms: sleeping car, wagon-lit.
• pajamas with feet; worn by children.
• a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed.
• tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water. Synonyms: sleeper goby.
• an unexpected hit; "that movie was the sleeper of the summer".

Related words

dreamer, noctambulist, sleepwalker, snorer, somnambulist, somniloquist.

Words nearby

steeper, sweeper.

Rhymes with

beeper, keeper, reaper, steeper, sweeper.