1. sleep
- doze
- nap
- snooze
These words all mean to rest with your eyes closed and your mind and body not
active.
sleep to rest with your eyes shut and your mind and body not active:
EX:
Did you sleep well?
I couldn’t sleep last night.
doze to sleep lightly, waking up easily, often when you are not in bed:
EX:
He was dozing in front of the TV.
nap to sleep for a short time, especially during the day.
snooze (informal) to sleep lightly for a short time, especially during the day and
usually not in bed:
EX:
My brother was snoozing on the sofa.
Patterns
to sleep/​doze lightly/​fitfully
to doze/​snooze gently
​[transitive, no passive] sleep somebody to have enough beds for a particular
number of people
EX:
The apartment sleeps six.
The hotel sleeps 120 guests.
2. satisfying
- rewarding
- pleasing
- gratifying
- fulfilling
These words all describe an experience, activity or fact that gives you pleasure
because it provides something you need or want.
satisfying that gives you pleasure because it provides something you need or want:
EX:
It’s satisfying to play a game really well.

rewarding (of an experience or activity) that makes you happy because you think it
is useful or important; worth doing:
EX:
Nursing can be a very rewarding career.
pleasing (rather formal) that gives you pleasure, especially to look at, hear or think
about:
EX:
It was a simple but pleasing design.
gratifying (formal) that gives you pleasure, especially because it makes you feel
that you have done well:
EX:
It is gratifying to see such good results.
fulfilling (of an experience or activity) that makes you happy, because it makes
you feel your skills and talents are being used:
I’m finding the work much more fulfilling now.
* Patterns
a satisfying/​rewarding/​gratifying/​fulfilling experience/​feeling
(a) satisfying/​rewarding/​fulfilling job/​career/​work
to find something satisfying/​rewarding/​pleasing/​gratifying