| Adj. | 1. | asleep - in a state of sleep; "were all asleep when the phone rang"; "fell asleep at the wheel"unaware - (often followed by `of') not aware; "seemed unaware of the scrutiny"; "unaware of the danger they were in"; "unaware of the newborn hope"; "the most unaware person I've known" unconscious - not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead; "lay unconscious on the floor" awake - not in a state of sleep; completely conscious; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake" | |
| 2. | asleep - lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"insensible - incapable of physical sensation; "insensible to pain"; "insensible earth" | |
| 3. | asleep - dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend"euphemism - an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin" | |
| Adv. | 1. | asleep - into a sleeping state; "he fell asleep" | |
| 2. | asleep - in the sleep of death | |