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Synonyms for tired

52 synonyms
6 antonyms
4 meanings

adjective

Most common

weary fatigued exhausted jaded hackneyed trite ragged sick and tired

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Weary — in need of some rest or sleep

weary, fatigued, exhausted, jaded, sick, drained, worn-out, dog-weary, bushed informal, worn, sleepy, haggard, spent, played out, beat US, weak, bleary-eyed, whacked informal US, bleary, drowsy, gone, run-down

2. Hackneyed — overused, cliché

hackneyed, trite, overworked, threadbare, shop-worn, banal, stale, commonplace, overused, old-hat, well-worn, corny, time-worn, stock, bromidic rare

3. Ragged — old and worn

ragged, shabby, weakened, outworn, effete dated, raddled rare

4. Sick and tired — fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of

sick and tired, frustrated, irked

Other

useless, fruitless, inane, all-in, footsore rare, unrefreshed rare

Antonyms

rested, refreshed, invigorated

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Definitions

adj. 1
In need of some rest or sleep.
adj. 2
Fed up, annoyed, irritated, sick of.
adj. 3
Overused, cliché.
adj. 4
Old and worn.
a tired-looking hotel room

Related words

Word family: tiredly tiredness
Phrases: dead tired tired out sick and tired tired and emotional
Other spellings: tyred

From weakest to strongest

From the opposite of tired, on the left, to its strongest synonyms, on the right.

Example sentences

exhausted Although he was exhausted, he had to keep working.
weary She felt weary and the world seemed a little hazy.
fatigued I am fatigued from their continual demands.
jaded Is there a realm that promises peace to jaded souls?
trite The "twin tiger cubs get separated ..." story felt a bit trite.
hackneyed A bad writer's prose is full of hackneyed phrases.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
tired		rising
exhausted		rising
weary		rising
fatigued		rising
jaded		rising
trite		steady

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

By length

4 letters: gone¹, beat¹, sick¹, weak¹, worn¹
5 letters: spent¹, stock¹, weary², stale¹, corny², jaded², banal², trite¹, irked¹, inane²
6 letters: sleepy², shabby², ragged², drowsy², bleary², effete², bushed
7 letters: useless², drained¹, haggard², whacked¹, outworn, raddled
8 letters: weakened², fatigued², overused³, footsore, bromidic
9 letters: exhausted³, fruitless², hackneyed²
10 letters: frustrated³, overworked³, threadbare²
11 letters: commonplace³, unrefreshed

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (weary² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: fatigué
Italiano: affaticato
Español: cansado
Català: cansat