Sleep and Watch

Opposite meaning words

Sleep noun - A natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself.

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Watch is an antonym for sleep in awake topic.

Watch noun - A person or group that watches over someone or something.

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Sleep is an antonym for watch.

Nearby Words: watchful, watched, watcher, watching

old	old sleep	old watch
good	good sleep	good watch
full	full sleep	full watch
nice	nice sleep	nice watch
Other adjectives: better, instant, endless, entire, real, last, red, magical.

life	sleep life	watch life
part	sleep part	watch part
job	sleep job	watch job
rest	sleep rest	watch rest
Other words: end, season, time, way, nothing, sleep, times, episodes.

Steven Universe has a more comedic example, with Pearl, who doesn't sleep herself, admitting that she likes to watch Steven sleep.

Source: Beautiful Dreamer
As a ghost, Edward doesn't need to sleep but he would find it soothing to watch his friend Roy sleep.

Source: Beautiful Dreamer
Beautiful Dreamer: Occurs frequently with Kaoru because he can only sleep well when Daigo's around, leaving Daigo to just watch him.

Source: Manga / ...Virgin Love

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