Need another word that means the same as “drowsy”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “drowsy” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Drowsy” are: oscitant, yawning, dozy, drowsing, sleepy, half asleep, heavy, nodding, groggy, somnolent, ready for bed, soporific, somniferous, narcotic, sedative, calmative, tranquillizing
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “drowsy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| calmative | (of a drug) having a sedative effect. |
| dozy | Half asleep. A tired dozy child. |
| drowsing | Half asleep. It seemed a pity to disturb the drowsing or dozing professor. |
| groggy | Dazed, weak, or unsteady, especially from illness, intoxication, sleep, or a blow. The sleeping pills had left her feeling groggy. |
| half asleep | Partial. |
| heavy | Large and powerful especially designed for heavy loads or rough work. The traffic was heavy and I was delayed. |
| narcotic | Of or relating to or designating narcotics. Narcotic drugs. |
| nodding | Having branches or flower heads that bend downward. Nodding daffodils. |
| oscitant | Showing lack of attention or boredom. |
| ready for bed | Made suitable and available for immediate use. |
| sedative | Tending to soothe or tranquilize. The seeds have a sedative effect. |
| sleepy | (of a business or organization) lacking the ability or will to respond to change; not dynamic. The one time sleepy world of pensions. |
| somniferous | Sleep inducing. Lifeless actors made the experience even more somniferous for the audiences. |
| somnolent | Abnormally drowsy. The sound had a somnolent effect. |
| soporific | Sleepy or drowsy. Some medicine made her soporific. |
| tranquillizing | (of a drug) having a calming or sedative effect. The large windows accentuate the tranquillizing view. |
| yawning | Showing lack of attention or boredom. The yawning gap between rich and poor. |
| asleep | Not attentive or alert; inactive. His legs were asleep. |
| bed | Place plants in a prepared bed of soil. Crazy paving has to be bedded on a solid base of hard core. |
| dispirited | Having lost enthusiasm and hope; disheartened. A dispirited and resigned expression on her face. |
| dormancy | The state in which a disease causes no symptoms but is not cured and is liable to recur. His prolonged dormancy ended with the publication of Collected Poems. |
| dormant | (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct. The successful consortium included a dormant company. |
| doze | A light fitful sleep. I dozed off for a few seconds. |
| dreaming | Imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake. |
| dreamy | Dreamy in mood or nature. A dreamy boy who grew up absorbed in poetry. |
| drowse | Be sluggish or inactive. She awoke from a light drowse. |
| drowsiness | A feeling of being sleepy and lethargic; sleepiness. This drug can cause drowsiness. |
| exhausted | Drained of energy or effectiveness extremely tired completely exhausted. The day s shopping left her exhausted. |
| feeble | Failing to convince or impress. Feeble efforts. |
| groggy | Dazed, weak, or unsteady, especially from illness, intoxication, sleep, or a blow. The sleeping pills had left her feeling groggy. |
| lackadaisical | Lacking spirit or liveliness. A lackadaisical defence left Spurs adrift in the second half. |
| languid | Lacking spirit or liveliness. A languid mood. |
| languor | Tiredness or inactivity, especially when pleasurable. The afternoon was hot quiet and heavy with languor. |
| lassitude | A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness. She was overcome by lassitude and retired to bed. |
| lethargic | Affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic. I felt tired and a little lethargic. |
| lethargy | A state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness. A history of weight loss lethargy and fluid retention. |
| listless | Lacking zest or vivacity. He was listless and bored. |
| nap | Sleep lightly or briefly, especially during the day. There wasn t time for a nap. |
| rest | Put something in a resting position as for support or steadying. Rest assured. |
| sleep | Be asleep. He sleeps in Holywell cemetery. |
| sleepy | Ready to fall asleep. Beginning to feel sleepy. |
| sluggish | (of business) not active or brisk. A sluggish stream. |
| sluggishness | Inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy. The general appearance of sluggishness alarmed his friends. |
| somnolence | A very sleepy state. |
| somnolent | Abnormally drowsy. The sound had a somnolent effect. |
| tired | (especially of a statement or idea) boring or uninteresting because overfamiliar. I have to look after these animals when you get tired of them. |
| uninterested | Not having or showing interest. An uninterested spectator. |
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