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. Millard Fuller:

   Everyone who gets sleepy at night should have a simple decent place to lay their heads, on terms they can afford to pay.

2. 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.

3. Donald Trump:

   It’s 1999, I’m on Meet the Press, a show now headed by sleepy-eyes Chuck Todd, he’s a sleeping son of a bitch, I’ll tell you.

4. Patricia Bannan:

   Tea at night is great, it’s relaxing, but you want to go for decaffeinated tea, or an herbal tea, which is naturally decaffeinated. Chamomile is also great, because it’s naturally a ‘sleepy-time’ herb.

5. Frank Zappa:

   I think it is good that books still exist, but they make me sleepy.