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Synonyms for drowsy

  • adjective

Most common

sleepy lethargic dozy somnolent tedious monotonous slow yawning

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Sleepy — inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness

sleepy, dozy, somnolent, lethargic, sluggish, tired, torpid, comatose informal, heavy, oscitant, snoozy informal, slumbery, sleepful, slumberous, somnolescent, slumbersome, slumberful formal, sleepbound formal, bedroomy, dopey, weary

2. Languid — boring

languid, dull, monotonous, tedious, languorous, lifeless, vapid, uninteresting

3. Slow — dull; stupid

slow, stupid, vacant, dense, obtuse, lumpish

4. Soporific — causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific

soporific, hypnotic, tranquilizing US, tranquillizing UK, somniferous

Other

yawning, nappish, lackadaisical, supine, lethargical dated

Antonyms

awake, bright, whip-smart

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Inclined to drowse; heavy with sleepiness

    I was feeling drowsy and so decided to make a cup of coffee to try to wake myself up.

  2. adj. 2

    Causing someone to fall sleep or feel sleepy; lulling; soporific.

    It was a warm, drowsy summer afternoon.

  3. adj. 3

    Boring.

  4. adj. 4

    Dull; stupid.

Related words

Word family
drowsily drowsiness

Example sentences

  • sleepy Refresh yourself with a cup of coffee when sleepy.
  • lethargic The forum looks lethargic; maybe it's your diet.
  • tedious The journey, as I recall it, was long and tedious.
  • monotonous Everyday life can get a bit monotonous at times.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
drowsyrising
sleepyrising
lethargicrising
dozyrising
somnolentsteady
tedioussteady

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

By length

4 letters
slow1, dull1, dozy
5 letters
heavy2, tired2, dense1, weary2, dopey2, vapid2
6 letters
stupid2, vacant2, sleepy2, obtuse2, supine2, torpid2, snoozy
7 letters
tedious3, yawning2, languid2, lumpish, nappish
8 letters
sluggish2, lifeless2, hypnotic3, comatose3, oscitant, slumbery, sleepful, bedroomy
9 letters
lethargic3, soporific, somnolent3
10 letters
monotonous4, languorous, slumberous, slumberful, sleepbound
11 letters
slumbersome, somniferous, lethargical
12 letters
somnolescent
13 letters
uninteresting4, lackadaisical5, tranquilizing4
14 letters
tranquillizing

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heavy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
somnolent
Italiano
sonnolento