Sleepy

/ˈsliːpi/

Synonyms for "sleepy" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Adjective(3 words)

Adjective(5 words)

adrowse bedroomy dopey dozydragging one's tail

anesthetized apathetic asleep beat benumbed blase bored boring cataleptic comatose dazed dead debilitated doped dopey dormant dozy dreamy

Verb(1 words)

catnapped

Noun(1 words)

dozing

Strong matches (42)

droopy drowsy druggeddrugged with sleepdull enervated exanimate exhausted fatiguedhalf asleepheavyheavy with sleepheavy-eyed hebetudinous hypnotic idlein a stuporinactive inanimate inert

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jadedknocked outlackadaisical languid languorous leaden lethargic lifeless listless lumpish moribund napping narcoleptic narcose narcotic

Adjective(5 words)

droopy drowsier drowsy-eyed fatigued groggy

Adjective(2 words)

drowsyeyelids at half-mast

Related words (70)

narcotized narcous nodding numb opiate oscitant outout of itpassive pepless phlegmatic pooped quiet sated sedated sleep-drowned sleep-drunk sleep-filled sleep-swollen sleepful

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Adjective(15 words)

nodding offoscitantout of steamsleepbound sleepish slombry slumberful slumberous slumbersome slumbery snoozy somniculous somnolent somnolescent tired

Adjective(7 words)

quiet sedative sleepyheaded somnolent soporific tired tranquil

Noun(1 words)

sleep

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

8 entries

appearance atmosphere condition effect mood physiology property state

More specific

8 entries

dozydroopy eyelidshypnotic laid-back low-key narcoticsleepy gazesomnolent

Collocations

5 entries

sleepy eyessleepy facesleepy moodsleepy townsleepy-eyed look

Inflections

2 entries

sleepier sleepiest

Derivations

2 entries

sleepily sleepiness

similar

1 entries

asleep

Sample sentences

21 total sentences available.

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I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.

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It is because you work too much that you are sleepy all the time.

Source: tatoeba (18057)

If you had not eaten so much, you would not be so sleepy now.

Source: tatoeba (31096)

No, I'm not sleepy.

Source: tatoeba (35560)

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