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Synonyms for dozy

  • adjective

Most common

sleepy sluggish drowsy somnolent vacant doty

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Drowsy — quite sleepy or tired

drowsy, sleepy, somnolent, sluggish, heavy, slumberous, dopey, lethargic

2. Stupid — intellectually slow

stupid, vacant, dull

Other

doty

Antonyms

bright, whip-smart, brainy

All antonyms of dozy →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Quite sleepy or tired.

  2. adj. 2

    Intellectually slow.

Related words

Word family
doziness

Example sentences

  • sleepy Refresh yourself with a cup of coffee when sleepy.
  • sluggish Mr. Smith ran his sluggish horse along the country roads.
  • drowsy Nemesio had gotten drowsy rocking the baby shrews.
  • vacant How about playing catch in the vacant lot near by?

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
dozyrising
sleepyrising
sluggishsteady
drowsyrising
somnolentsteady
vacantfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
dull1, doty2
5 letters
heavy2, dopey2
6 letters
stupid2, vacant2, sleepy2, drowsy2
8 letters
sluggish2
9 letters
lethargic3, somnolent3
10 letters
slumberous

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (doty2 = 2 syllables).