Synonyms for drowse

Most common

sleep · nap · slumber · doze

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To make (someone or something) heavy with drowsiness or sleepiness.

Related words

Word family

drowsily drowsiness drowsy

Forms

Past participle

drowsed
e.g. drowsed → dozed, slept, napped, slumbered…

Example sentences

• sleep Your lack of sleep will catch up with you someday.
• nap The moment she'd finished, she lay down for a nap.
• slumber Diego got invited to a birthday slumber party.
• doze Tom and Mary often doze off in French class.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

nap¹

4 letters

doze¹

5 letters

sleep¹

6 letters

snooze¹

7 letters

slumber²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (slumber² = 2 syllables).