Synonyms for zonked
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Drunk — drunk; intoxicated
drunk, stoned, inebriated, drunken, boozy, loaded, smashed, cock-eyed, pie-eyed informal, fried, stewed, plastered, shellacked, tight, lit, canned, oiled, pickled CA, lubricated, polluted IE, elevated, potted
2. Asleep — deeply asleep
asleep, dead asleep, fast asleep, comatose informal, out cold, cold
Other
zonko slang
Definitions
- adj. 1
Extremely fatigued.
After eighteen hours of proofreading, I was completely zonked.
- adj. 2
Deeply asleep.
I must have been really zonked. They said it took fifteen minutes to wake me up.
- adj. 3
Drunk; intoxicated.
Example sentences
- drunken The drunken man grasped my collar and swore at me.
- stoned Tom told Mary that he didn't think John was stoned.
- inebriated I know for a fact that Yanni wasn't inebriated.
- asleep The show was so boring that Ann and I fell asleep.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| zonked | rising | |
| drunken | rising | |
| stoned | rising | |
| inebriated | rising | |
| boozy | rising | |
| asleep | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- lit1
- 4 letters
- cold1
- 5 letters
- drunk1, tight1, fried1, weary2, oiled1, boozy2, zonko
- 6 letters
- asleep2, loaded2, canned1, stoned1, potted2, stewed1
- 7 letters
- smashed1, drunken2, pickled2
- 8 letters
- elevated4, polluted3, comatose3
- 9 letters
- plastered2, knackered
- 10 letters
- inebriated5, lubricated4, shellacked2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (weary2 = 2 syllables).