Synonyms for stupor
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Torpor
torpor, lethargy, apathy, numbness, astonishment, stupefaction, insensibility, semiconsciousness, grogginess
Definitions
- n. 1
A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly medicine) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness.
He fell into a drunken stupor.
- n. 2
A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.
Related words
- Word family
- stuporous stupefy stupefaction stupendous stupid
Forms
- Plural
- stupors → torpors, lethargies, apathies, numbnesses…
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Stupidity is sometimes loosely used for temporary dulness or partial stupor, but chiefly for innate and chronic dulness and sluggishness of mental action, obtuseness of apprehension, etc.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- apathy Apathy is a paralysis of the soul, an early death.
- numbness Don't eat till the numbness wears off.
- lethargy Lethargy is a common symptom of that disease.
- coma Tom seems to have fallen into some kind of a coma.
- swoon Every time Tom walks by Human Resources, the women swoon.
By length
- 4 letters
- coma2, daze1
- 5 letters
- shock1, swoon1
- 6 letters
- apathy3, torpor2
- 7 letters
- syncope3
- 8 letters
- numbness2, lethargy3
- 10 letters
- grogginess
- 12 letters
- astonishment4, stupefaction
- 13 letters
- insensibility
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (coma2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- stupeur
- Español
- estupor
- Deutsch
- Bestürzung