/ Thesaurus / R Synonyms of rip van winkle Find synonyms for: Noun1. Rip van Winkle, traditionalist, diehardusage: a person oblivious to social changes2. Rip van Winkle, sleeper, slumbererusage: a person who sleeps a lot3. Rip van Winkleusage: the title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakensWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: abominable Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language