Synonyms for sleepy
ˈsli pisleep·y

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1. sleepyadjective

   Synonyms:
   tired

2. sleepyadjective

   Tired; feeling the need for sleep.

   Synonyms:
   tired

3. sleepyadjective

   Suggesting tiredness.

   Synonyms:
   tired

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1. sleepy

   Synonyms:
   slumberous, somnolent, drowsy, sluggish, lazy

   Antonyms:
   wakeful, vigilant, alert, awake, active

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1. sleepy, sleepy-eyed, sleepyheadedadjective

   ready to fall asleep

   "beginning to feel sleepy"; "a sleepy-eyed child with drooping eyelids"; "sleepyheaded students"

   Synonyms:
   sleepyheaded, sleepy-eyed

   Antonyms:
   awake(p)

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1. sleepyadjective

   Synonyms:
   drowsy, somnolent, dozy, heavy, inclined to sleep

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1. sleepyadjective

   Synonyms:
   drowsy, somnolent, dozy, soporiferous, somniferous, soporific, dormitive, narcotic, somnific, hypnotic, dormant, sluggish, lethargic, torpid, dull

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1. List of paraphrases for "sleepy":

   dungeness, drowsy, asleep, tired

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1. Rebecca West:

   All men should have a drop of treason in their veins, if nations are not to go soft like so many sleepy pears.

2. Kris Permentier:

   You feel sleepy, dizzy, but you don't have the intention to open up the air, you don't have the strength [ or ] the brain capacity to open up the doors or the windows.

3. P. G. Wodehouse:

   The village of Market Blandings is one of those sleepy hamlets which modern progress has failed to touch... The church is Norman, and the intelligence of the majority of the natives palaeozoic.

4. Raj Dasgupta:

   The bright light of a TV, computer or smartphone can affect your sleep patterns and keep you alert when you should be getting sleepy, sleeping is something you’ve done your whole life, but the older you get, the harder it can get to fall sleep, so practice good sleep hygiene.

5. Professor Ancoli-Israel:

   The second you start feeling tense, go into another room until you start feeling sleepy.