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.
- usage: "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.
- usage: "the British call a railroad tie a sleeper"
- synonyms: tie, railroad tie, crosstie
- 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.
- usage: "that movie was the sleeper of the summer"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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