I am tired like a dormouse.
Source: tatoeba (1246086)
Dormouse
/ˈdɔɹ.maʊs/
Synonyms for "dormouse" (16 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: glirid, animal, antelope, armadillo, bat.
- Sentence evidence is available for dormouse, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, opengloss, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "dormouse".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "dormouse"
Keep "dormouse" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "dormouse" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "dormouse", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "dormouse" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Translations
87 translations across 57 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- gjer noun (rodent)
Armenian
1 entries- քնամուկ noun (rodent)
Asturian
2 entries- llira noun (rodent)
- llirón noun (rodent)
Basque
1 entries- muxar noun (rodent)
Belarusian
1 entries- соня-палчок noun (rodent)
Breton
2 entries- hunegan noun (rodent)
- lir noun (rodent)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сънливец noun (rodent)
Catalan
2 entries- liró noun (rodent)
- rata dormidora noun (rodent)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 睡鼠 noun (rodent)
Czech
1 entries- plch noun (rodent)
Danish
2 entries- hasselmus noun (rodent)
- syvsover noun (rodent)
Dutch
2 entries- hazelmuis noun (rodent)
- relmuis noun (rodent)
Esperanto
1 entries- gliro noun (rodent)
Estonian
1 entries- kunel noun (rodent)
Faroese
1 entries- heslimús noun (rodent)
Finnish
1 entries- unikeko noun (rodent)
French
1 entries- loir noun (rodent)
Friulian
1 entries- glîr noun (rodent)
Galician
3 entries- leirón noun (rodent)
- liranco noun (rodent)
- lirio noun (rodent)
German
4 entries- Bilch noun (rodent)
- Bilchmaus noun (rodent)
- Gartenschläfer noun (rodent)
- Haselmaus noun (rodent)
Greek
1 entries- δασομυωξός noun (rodent)
Hungarian
1 entries- pele noun (rodent)
Icelandic
1 entries- heslimús noun (rodent)
Irish
2 entries- dallóg fhéir noun (rodent)
- luch chodlamáin noun (rodent)
Italian
3 entries- ghiro noun (rodent)
- moscardino noun (rodent)
- muscardinide noun (rodent)
Japanese
1 entries- ヤマネ noun (rodent)
Korean
1 entries- 겨울잠쥐 noun (rodent)
Ladin
1 entries- ghiro noun (rodent)
Latin
2 entries- glīs noun (rodent)
- nītēdula noun (rodent)
Latvian
1 entries- susuris noun (rodent)
Lithuanian
1 entries- miegapelė noun (rodent)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- pjelch noun (rodent)
Macedonian
1 entries- полв noun (rodent)
Maltese
1 entries- ġurdien ta’ denbu pjuma noun (rodent)
Mongolian
1 entries- унтаахай noun (rodent)
Norwegian
2 entries- sovemus noun (rodent)
- syvsover noun (rodent)
Occitan
2 entries- greule noun (rodent)
- missara noun (rodent)
Polish
2 entries- pilch noun (rodent)
- popielica noun (rodent)
Portuguese
1 entries- arganaz noun (rodent)
Romani
2 entries- xurtsaika noun (rodent)
- xurtso noun (rodent)
Romanian
1 entries- pârș noun (rodent)
Romansch
2 entries- durmigliet noun (rodent)
- glirida noun (rodent)
Russian
1 entries- со́ня noun (rodent)
Sardinian
2 entries- medrona de tzirva noun (rodent)
- topi de venadroxu noun (rodent)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- dallag noun (rodent)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- puh noun (rodent)
- пух noun (rodent)
Slovak
1 entries- plch noun (rodent)
Slovene
1 entries- polh noun (rodent)
Spanish
1 entries- lirón noun (rodent)
Swedish
3 entries- hasselmus noun (rodent)
- sjusovare noun (rodent)
- sovmöss noun (rodent)
Turkish
2 entries- fındık faresi noun (rodent)
- kakırca noun (rodent)
Ukrainian
1 entries- со́ня noun (rodent)
Upper Sorbian
3 entries- lěsna myška noun (rodent)
- połch noun (rodent)
- połšk noun (rodent)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chuột sóc noun (rodent)
Welsh
1 entries- pathew noun (rodent)
West-Frisian
1 entries- sânslieper noun (rodent)
Yiddish
1 entries- שלאָף־מויז noun (rodent)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The squirrel, the ape and the monkey, are kept at home for amusement. The dormouse and other larger mice, such as the weevil, the martin, the ferret, trouble the home.
Source: tatoeba (7355853)
The garden dormouse is a rodent that sleeps during the winter.
Source: tatoeba (8370497)
For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France.
Source: wiktionary
Showing 4 of 5 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "dormouse"?
Closest matches include glirid, animal, antelope, armadillo, bat.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "dormouse"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.