sleepover

noun

sleep·​over ˈslēp-ˌō-vər 

1

: an overnight stay (as at another's home)

2

: an instance of hosting a sleepover in one's home

Examples of sleepover in a Sentence

Our daughter is having a sleepover for her friends tomorrow.

Recent Examples on the Web

The hotel also is rolling out reimagined Ninjago spaces with mountains and dragons as well as Lego Friends rooms based in Heartlake City’s Treehouse Cabin with a sleepover theme. —Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2025

Some of her most beloved sleepover activities include curling up for an outdoor movie night and doing a sing-along. —​wendy Wisner, Parents, 13 Mar. 2025

Geyser and her friend, Anissa Weier, lured Payton Leutner to a Waukesha park after a sleepover in 2014. —Todd Richmond, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025

Geyser, along with her co-defendant Anissa Weier, admitted to luring Leutner into the woods during a sleepover in 2014 to play hide-and-seek. —Nicole Acosta, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for sleepover

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover

Kids Definition

sleepover

noun

sleep·​over ˈslēp-ō-vər 

: an overnight stay at another's home or an instance of having others stay at one's own home