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Synonyms & Antonyms of somnolent
1
desiring or needing sleep
- trying to teach somnolent students on a very hot day
Synonyms for somnolent
- dozy,
- drowsy,
- sleepy,
- slumberous
- (or slumbrous)
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2
tending to cause sleep
- the somnolent hum of insects in the grass
Synonyms for somnolent
- drowsy,
- hypnotic,
- narcotic,
- opiate,
- sleepy,
- slumberous
- (or slumbrous),
- somniferous,
- soporific
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“Somnolent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somnolent. Accessed 17 Sep. 2021.
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