I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy.
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Sleepy
//ˈsliːpi//
Synonyms for "sleepy" (207 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (42)
Strong matches (62)
Adjective(28 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (103)
Adjective(49 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related word relations
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7 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
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1 entrieshas subevent
1 entriesrelated to
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
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1 entriesTranslations
150 translations across 79 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- përgjumur adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- νυσταλέος adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- ὑπνωτικός adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Arabic
4 entries- نعسان adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- نعسان adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- نَاعِس adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- نَعْسَان adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Armenian
1 entries- քնկոտ adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Aromanian
1 entries- somnos adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Belarusian
4 entries- драмлі́вы adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- заспа́ны adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- пазаспа́ны adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- санлі́вы adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Bikol Central
2 entries- pirot adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- tungka adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Bulgarian
4 entries- заспа́л adj (quiet; without bustle or activity)
- съ́нен adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- съ́нен adj (suggesting tiredness)
- сънли́в adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Catalan
1 entries- somnolent adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- خەو ھاتن adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Chinese
1 entries- 愛睏 /爱困 adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 眼瞓 /眼𰥛 adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 昏昏欲睡 adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- 睏 /困 adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- 睏倦 /困倦 adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- 瞌睡 adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Czech
1 entries- ospalý adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Danish
2 entries- søvnig adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- træt adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Dutch
1 entries- slaperig adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Esperanto
1 entries- dormema adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Estonian
1 entries- unine adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Finnish
4 entries- hiljainen adj (quiet; without bustle or activity)
- unelias adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- unelias adj (quiet; without bustle or activity)
- uninen adj (feeling the need for sleep)
French
4 entries- endormi adj (suggesting tiredness)
- ensommeillé adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- ensuqué adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- somnolent adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Galician
2 entries- durmiñento adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- durmiñento adj (quiet; without bustle or activity)
German
2 entries- schläfrig adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- verschlafen adj (quiet; without bustle or activity)
Greek
2 entries- νυσταγμένος adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- νυσταλέος adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Hebrew
2 entries- מְנֻמְנָם adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- מנומנם adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Hindi
2 entries- उनींदा adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- निद्रालु adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Hungarian
1 entries- álmos adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Icelandic
2 entries- syfjaður adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- þreyttur adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Indonesian
2 entries- mengantuk adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- ngantuk adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Ingrian
2 entries- uniin adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- uniin adj (suggesting tiredness)
Irish
3 entries- codlatach adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- néalmhar adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- suanmhar adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Italian
2 entries- assonnato adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- sonnolento adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Japanese
2 entries- 眠い adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- 眠たい adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Kazakh
2 entries- ұйқылы adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- ұйқышыл adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Khmer
1 entries- ងងុយដេក adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Korean
1 entries- 졸리다 adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- уйкулуу adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- уйкучул adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Latin
3 entries- somniculōsus adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- somnolentus adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- sopōrus adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Latvian
1 entries- miegains adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Lithuanian
1 entries- mieguistas adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Lushootseed
1 entries- ʔəxʷʔitutəb adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Macedonian
2 entries- поспан adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- сонлив adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Malay
1 entries- mengantuk adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Marathi
1 entries- झोपाळू adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Middle English
1 entries- slepy adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Mongolian
1 entries- нойрмог adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Māori
4 entries- hinamoe adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- hāmoemoe adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- ohere adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- turamoe adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Navajo
1 entries- bił nízin adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Northern Altai
1 entries- уйгулыг adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Norwegian
3 entries- døsig adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- søvnig adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- trøtt adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- søvnig adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- trett adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- søvnug adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Occitan
1 entries- somnolent adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- طالغین adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- مخمور adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Persian
1 entries- خواب آلود adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- schleeprich adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Polish
2 entries- senny adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- śpiący adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Portuguese
2 entries- com sono adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- sonolento adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Romanian
2 entries- somnolent adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- somnoros adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Russian
4 entries- дремли́вый adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- за́спанный adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- со́нный adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- сонли́вый adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Sardinian
1 entries- sonnidu adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- suaineach adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- drèmljiv adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- pȍspān adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- sànjiv adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- дрѐмљив adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Shor
1 entries- уйғулығ adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Slovak
1 entries- ospalý adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Slovene
1 entries- zaspan adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Southern Altai
1 entries- уйкулу adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Spanish
4 entries- adormecido adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- cansado adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- dormijoso (desus.) adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- somnoliento adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Swedish
3 entries- pömsig adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- sömnig adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- trött adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Tagalog
1 entries- inaantok adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Tajik
1 entries- хоболуд adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Tamil
1 entries- மந்தமான adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Teochew
1 entries- 目澀 /目涩 adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Thai
2 entries- ง่วง adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- เหนื่อย adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Tibetan
1 entries- གཉིད་བྲོ adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Ukrainian
4 entries- за́спаний adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- мля́вий adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- оспа́лий adj (feeling the need for sleep)
- со́нний adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Venetan
1 entries- sonoleso adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Welsh
1 entries- cysglyd adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Yiddish
1 entries- שלעפֿעריק adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Zhuang
1 entries- suiz adj (feeling the need for sleep)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
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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