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sleepy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of sleepy

1 desiring or needing sleep

  • the sleepy children were carried up to bed
Synonyms of sleepy

dozy, drowsy, slumberous (or slumbrous), somnolent
Words Related to sleepy

asleep, dormant, dozing, resting, sleeping, slumbering

nodding, yawning
Near Antonyms of sleepy

restive, restless, sleepless

insomniac
Antonyms of sleepy

alert, awake, conscious, wakeful, wide-awake

2 slow to move or act

  • a sleepy little town on the coast
Synonyms of sleepy

dull, inactive, inert, lethargic, quiescent, sluggish, torpid
Words Related to sleepy

ambitionless, apathetic, indolent, languorous, lazy, lazyish, listless, shiftless, slack, slothful, sluggard, sluggardly

dormant, inanimate, motionless, resting, sedentary, static, still

dead

dopey (also dopy), drugged

asleep, drowsy, somnambulant

catatonic, comatose
Near Antonyms of sleepy

busy, engaged, occupied, working

animated, bouncing, dynamic, energetic, kinetic, lively, peppy, perky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vigorous, vital, vivacious, zippy

assiduous, diligent, hardworking, industrious, sedulous
Antonyms of sleepy

active

3 tending to cause sleep

  • the sleepy drone of his voice made staying awake a challenge
Synonyms of sleepy

drowsy, hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, slumberous (or slumbrous), somniferous, somnolent, soporific
Words Related to sleepy

depressant, relaxant, sedative, tranquilizing (also tranquillizing)

calming, comforting, lulling, pacifying, quieting, relaxing, restful, settling, soothing

analgesic, anesthetic, anesthetizing, benumbing, deadening, dulling, numbing

hypnotizing, mesmerizing, stupefying
Near Antonyms of sleepy

arousing, awakening, energizing, invigorating, rousing, stimulating, wakening, waking

bracing, refreshing, restorative, reviving, stimulative, stimulatory
Antonyms of sleepy

stimulant

4 lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation

  • a sleepy party that was mostly attended by the same boring people I work with
Synonyms of sleepy

comatose, dead, slow
Words Related to sleepy

lethargic, sluggish, torpid

dormant, fallow, free, idle, inactive, inert, inoperative, latent, off, vacant
Near Antonyms of sleepy

abounding, overflowing, swarming, teeming, thronging
Antonyms of sleepy

alive, animated, astir, bustling, busy, buzzing, flourishing, humming, lively, thriving, vibrant

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