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. Marissa Yap:

   I have observed that kids over the world ... they have common thing(s). They want to be listened to, and they want to be stay motivated and be interested, some of the kids are actually working (jobs), so in my case like when the student is sleepy, I just talk to her: 'So, how are you doing? So did you work last night?'.

2. Duane Adair:

   Do you really think that old sleepy Joe Biden gives one wit about an oil spill? No, he doesn't, the helicopter that he rides, Air Force One, the vehicles that he transports in, I bet none of them are electric.

3. Janet Kennedy:

   If you aren't sleepy, your body won't settle down.

4. Eric Ripert:

   I am also lucky I can travel, i bring back all this inspiration and ideas back. I think that makes Le Bernardin what it is today. A landmark. It’s not a sleepy one. It’s a place which is very active and changing all the time.

5. President Trump:

   The Bidens got rich -- and that is substantiated -- while America got robbed, sleepy Joe and his friends sold out America. ... And in a brand new report, just came out as Im walking on the stage, it turns out that when Joe Biden was vice president -- he worked with the so-called whistleblower. This is nothing more than a partisan witch hunt, sabotage, and Im sure theyre going to say, totally unsubstantiated.