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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sleepy |
| Synonyms: | asleep, blah*, comatose, dopey, dozy, draggy, drowsy, heavy*, hypnotic, inactive, lethargic, listless, narcotic, opiate, out of it, out*, quiet, sedative, sleeping, sleepyhead, slow, sluggish, slumberous, slumbersome, snoozy, somnifacient, somnific, somnolent, soporific, torpid, yawning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | soporific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sleepy; sleep-inducing |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, balmy, calming, deadening, dozy, drowsy, dull, hypnotic, mesmerizing, narcotic, nodding, numbing, opiate, quietening, sedative, slumberous, snoozy, somniferous, somnolent, soothing, tranquilizing |
| Antonyms: | awake, conscious, exciting, invigorating, stimulating |
| Main Entry: | sleep-inducing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | putting to sleep |
| Synonyms: | hypnagogic, hypnotic, narcotic, somniferous, somnolent, soporiferous, soporific |
| Antonyms: | waking |
| Main Entry: | slumberous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sedative |
| Synonyms: | clandestineness, confidence, confidentiality, covertness, dark, darkness, furtiveness, hiding, hush, hypnotic, isolation, mystery, narcotic, opiate, privacy, reticence, retirement, seclusion, secretiveness, secretness, silence, solitude, somnifacient, somniferous, somnific, somnolent, soporific, stealth, suppression, surreptitiousness |
| Main Entry: | somnifacient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sleepy |
| Synonyms: | asleep, blah*, comatose, dopey, dozy, draggy, drowsy, heavy*, hypnotic, inactive, lethargic, listless, narcotic, opiate, out of it, out*, quiet, sedative, sleeping, sleepyhead, slow, sluggish, slumberous, slumbersome, snoozy, somniferous, somnific, somnolent, soporific, torpid, yawning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | somnifacient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | soporific |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, balmy, calming, deadening, dozy, drowsy, dull, hypnotic, mesmerizing, narcotic, nodding, numbing, opiate, quietening, sedative, slumberous, snoozy, somniferous, somnolent, soothing, tranquilizing |
| Main Entry: | somnific |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sleepy |
| Synonyms: | asleep, blah*, comatose, dopey, dozy, draggy, drowsy, heavy*, hypnotic, inactive, lethargic, listless, narcotic, opiate, out of it, out*, quiet, sedative, sleeping, sleepyhead, slow, sluggish, slumberous, slumbersome, snoozy, somnifacient, somniferous, somnolent, soporific, torpid, yawning |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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