asleep A2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /əˈsliːp/ See IPA manual Freq #1340 Meanings 1 adj Sleeping. I was asleep when you called. 2 adj Having a numb, prickling feeling, said of a part of the body. I sat too long and my foot fell asleep. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 adj · having a numb, prickling... numb More coldcomatosedormantnangrysleepboundsleepingsomnambularunawakeningunawakingunwaking ↔ Opposites awake Word family Derived forms half-asleepunasleep Related forms sleepy Common collocations fast asleep Adverb + adjective Etymology AI details From Middle English aslepe, equivalent to a- (“in, on”) + sleep. aslepe Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # asleep **Type:** Word **Level:** A2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /əˈsliːp/ **Frequency rank:** 1340 ## Meanings 1. Sleeping. 2. Having a numb, prickling feeling, said of a part of the body. ## Examples - I was asleep when you called. - I sat too long and my foot fell asleep. ## Synonyms - cold - comatose - dormant - nangry - sleepbound - sleeping - somnambular - unawakening - unawaking - unwaking ## Antonyms - awake ## Derived Forms - half-asleep - unasleep ## Related Forms - sleepy ## Roots and Affixes - Root: aslepe ## Etymology From Middle English aslepe, equivalent to a- (“in, on”) + sleep. ## AI Etymology Asleep is from Middle English aslepe, equivalent to a- (“in, on”) plus sleep. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as an adjective, asleep denotes sleeping and having a numb, prickling feeling, said of a part of the body. The same word family continues in derived forms such as half-asleep and unasleep and related entries such as sleepy. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown