Synonyms of sleepy
97 similar words · 2 opposite words
Another word for sleepy is tired. Other synonyms of sleepy are run-down, shot, bone-tired, drained and weary. The opposite of sleepy is nonsleepy.
Synonyms and similar words for sleepy
adjectiveTired; feeling the need for sleep.
- tiredIn need of some rest or sleep.
adjectiveSuggesting tiredness.
- jadedWorn out, wearied, exhausted or lacking enthusiasm, due to age or experience.
- wearyHaving the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; tired; fatigued.
- bleareyedHaving dim or rheumy eyes.
- blearyTired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.
- bleary-eyedTired, because of lack of sleep, and having blurred or reddened eyes.
- bone-tiredVery tired; so tired one feels it in one’s bones.
- bushed
- tired outFeeling exhausted; out of energy due to exhaustion.
- spent
- wrecked
- drainedLacking motivation and energy; very tired; knackered.
- dog-tiredExhausted.
- dog-wearyExtremely weary.
- exhausted
- fatiguedTired; weary.
- forfairnForlorn; destitute; worn out; jaded.
- forlagen British, dialectalExhausted; worn out.
- heavyeyedHaving droopy eyes, typically due to tiredness.
- languidOf a person or animal, or their body functions: flagging from weakness, or inactive or weak, especially due to illness...
- enervated
- out of gas
- played outTired out; exhausted; at the end of one's resources.
- run-downTired and exhausted.
- shattered BritishExtremely tired or exhausted.
- shotTired, weary.
- stuffed Australia, UKVery tired.
- washed outVery tired and lacking energy or animation.
- wearifulVery weary; exhausted.
- whacked USTired; fatigued.
- whipped slangVery tired; worn out; exhausted.
- worn
- worn out
- banjaxedTired, sleepy, cream crackered.
- beat US
- buggered vulgar
- busted
- dead tiredVery tired; completely exhausted.
- cream crackered slangKnackered; tired, exhausted.
- done
- done in
- fagged outVery tired, or exhausted by hard work or physical exercise.
- friedExtremely tired due to exertion or stress; exhausted.
- fucked vulgar
- gassed
- jiggered
- Kerry Packered slangKnackered; exhausted; worn out.
- knackedVery tired; knackered.
- knackered British
- nadgered BritishTired or exhausted; knackered.
- poopedTired, exhausted.
- pooped out
- pumpedVery tired, especially when too fatigued to grip handholds well.
- shagged British, vulgar
- shagged out British, vulgarExhausted (as if with sexual activity).
- tuckeredSynonym of tuckered out (“tired, exhausted”).
- tuckered outTired, exhausted, worn out; spent.
- wappened
- zonkedExtremely fatigued.
- forworn archaic
- done up obsoleteWorn-out, exhausted.
adjectiveTending to induce sleep.
- hypnotic
- soporific
- dormitiveCausing sleep.
- hypnicThat induces sleep.
- slumberousSleepy, drowsy.
- somniferousCausing or inducing sleep, normally with harmful overtones.
- somnificCausing sleep; somniferous.
- somnolentDrowsy or sleepy.
- soporousCausing sleep; sleepy.
- stupefacientInducing stupor or drowsiness (with a drug such as a narcotic or an anaesthetic).
- stupefactiveInducing stupor; making drowsy; stupefacient.
- tranquilizing
- vapid
- soporiferous archaicSoporific, sleep-inducing.
nounThe gum that builds up in the eye; sleep, gound.
adjectiveMore synonyms
- adrowseDrowsy.
- bedroomyResembling or characteristic of a bedroom; thus, intimate or sleepy.
- dozyQuite sleepy or tired.
- dopeyStupid, silly.
- dragging one's tail
- drowsyInclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness.
- eyelids at half-mast
- nodding off
- oscitantSleepy; drowsy; sluggish; careless.
- out of steam
- sleepbound poeticSleepy.
- sleepishSleepy; drowsy.
- snoozySleepy; drowsy.
- slumberful poeticFull of sleep; sleepy.
- slumbersomeCharacterised or marked by slumber; sleepy.
- slumberyInclined to sleep; sleepy or sleeping; (by extension) quiet and slow-paced.
- somnolescentDrowsy, tending to sleep.
- slombry obsolete
- somniculous obsoleteDrowsy; sleepy.
Opposite of sleepy
Meaning of sleepy
- adjective Tired; feeling the need for sleep.
- adjective Suggesting tiredness.
- adjective Tending to induce sleep.
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