Thesaurus
sleepy
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of SLEEPY
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desiring or needing sleep <the sleepy children were carried up to bed>
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slow to move or act <a sleepy little town on the coast>
Related Words 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 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 active
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tending to cause sleep <the sleepy drone of his voice made staying awake a challenge>
Synonyms drowsy, narcotic, opiate, sleepy, slumberous (or slumbrous), somniferous, somnolent, soporific
Related Words 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 arousing, awakening, energizing, invigorating, rousing, stimulating, wakening, waking; bracing, refreshing, restorative, reviving, stimulative, stimulatory
Antonyms stimulant
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