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Sleeper

One who sleeps; a slumberer; hence, a drone, or lazy person.

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Broader term 19

Achiever 76% connected

One who achieves; a winner.

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Bang 76% connected

To beat, as with a club or cudgel; to treat with violence; to handle roughly.

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Brace 76% connected

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

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Bracing 76% connected

of Brace

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Carriage 76% connected

That which is carried; burden; baggage.

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Coach 76% connected

A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Furniture 76% connected

That with which anything is furnished or supplied; supplies; outfit; equipment.

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Hit 76% connected

It.

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Percoid 76% connected

Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidae.

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Pyjama 76% connected

In India and Persia, thin loose trowsers or drawers; in Europe and America, drawers worn at night, or a kind of nightdress with legs.

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Smash 76% connected

To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.

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Smasher 76% connected

One who, or that which, smashes or breaks things to pieces.

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Spy 76% connected

To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.

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Strike 76% connected

To touch or hit with some force, either with the hand or with an instrument; to smite; to give a blow to, either with the hand or with any instrument…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Succeeder 76% connected

A successor.

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Success 76% connected

Act of succeeding; succession.

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Terrorist 76% connected

One who governs by terrorism or intimidation; specifically, an agent or partisan of the revolutionary tribunal during the Reign of Terror in France.

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Winner 76% connected

One who wins, or gains by success in competition, contest, or gaming.

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Wrecker 76% connected

One who causes a wreck, as by false lights, and the like.

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Narrower term 6

Dreamer 76% connected

One who dreams.

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Noctambulist 76% connected

A somnambulist.

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Sleepwalker 76% connected

One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist.

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Snorer 76% connected

One who snores.

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Somnambulist 76% connected

A person who is subject to somnambulism; one who walks in his sleep; a sleepwalker; a noctambulist.

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Somniloquist 76% connected

One who talks in his sleep.

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Derivationally related 2

Sleep 74% connected

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

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Sleep 74% connected

imp. of Sleep. Slept.

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Containing whole 2

Railroad 70% connected

Alt. of Railway

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Railway 70% connected

A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and s…

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Crosstie 92% connected

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Slumberer 92% connected

One who slumbers; a sleeper.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tie 92% connected

A knot; a fastening.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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