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Synonyms for sleepy

45 synonyms
3 antonyms
3 meanings

adjective

Most common

tired asleep exhausted lethargic drowsy somnolent seepy eepy

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Tired — suggesting tiredness

tired, asleep, lethargic, exhausted, weary, fatigued, torpid, languid, dull, pooped, jaded, dormant, beat US, enervated, listless, apathetic, languorous, bushed, lifeless, phlegmatic, world-weary, lackadaisical

2. Drowsy — tending to induce sleep

drowsy, somnolent, dozy, soporific, hypnotic, dopey, narcotic, somniferous, slumberous, snoozy informal, sleepful, somnific, oscitant, dormitive, slumbery, soporiferous dated

3. Sluggish — dull; lazy

sluggish, heavy

Other

seepy, eepy, inactive, leaden, slombry dated

Antonyms

awake, nonsleepy, unsleepy

All antonyms of sleepy →

Definitions

adj. 1
Suggesting tiredness.
adj. 2
Tending to induce sleep.
adj. 3
Dull; lazy.

Related words

Word family: sleepily sleepiness sleepy-bye sleepy-byes sleepytime sleep
Phrases: sleepy dust sleepy sickness sleepy distemper sleepy lizard sleepy underwing

Example sentences

tired I'm getting tired of driving on this winding road.
asleep The show was so boring that Ann and I fell asleep.
exhausted Although he was exhausted, he had to keep working.
lethargic The forum looks lethargic; maybe it's your diet.
drowsy Nemesio had gotten drowsy rocking the baby shrews.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
sleepy		rising
tired		rising
asleep		rising
exhausted		rising
lethargic		rising
drowsy		rising

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

By length

4 letters: beat¹, dull¹, dozy, eepy
5 letters: heavy², tired², weary², jaded², dopey², seepy
6 letters: asleep², pooped¹, drowsy², leaden², bushed, torpid², snoozy
7 letters: dormant², languid², slombry
8 letters: inactive³, lifeless², sluggish², hypnotic³, fatigued², narcotic³, listless², sleepful, somnific, oscitant, slumbery
9 letters: exhausted³, lethargic³, apathetic⁴, soporific, somnolent³, enervated, dormitive
10 letters: phlegmatic³, languorous, slumberous
11 letters: somniferous
12 letters: soporiferous
13 letters: lackadaisical⁵

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