What is another word for drowse?
287 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɹˈa͡ʊz], [ dɹˈaʊz], [ d_ɹ_ˈaʊ_z]
Drowse refers to a state of sleepiness or lethargy that makes you feel like you're drifting off. Synonyms for this word include doze, snooze, nap, slumber, daze, stupor, and lethargy. Doze implies a brief period of light sleep or rest, while snooze suggests a longer and deeper sleep. Slumber and nap are similar in meaning and refer to longer periods of sleep. Lethargy and stupor refer to a state of extreme tiredness that may make you feel heavy and sluggish. Daze suggests a state of confusion or disorientation that may accompany drowsiness and sleepiness. Whatever the synonym you choose, they all represent a need for rest and relaxation.
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Similar words for drowse:
- doze (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- slumber (noun)
- body (verb)
- doze (verb)
- nap (verb)
- nod (verb)
- rest (verb)
- siesta (verb)
- sleep (verb)
- weary (verb)
- yawn (verb)
- other synonyms
- doze
- other relevant words
- rest
- snooze
- weary
- yawn
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Drowse:
n.
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- go to sleep,
- go off.
- nod,
- forty winks,
- shut-eye,
- drowses,
- catnap.
v.
• body (verb) • doze (verb) • nap (verb) • nod (verb) • rest (verb)- let up,
- dream,
- slacken,
- lounge,
- lie by,
- unbend,
- lie down,
- stretch out,
- sit down,
- slack off,
- take five,
- idle,
- spell,
- take time out,
- lie still,
- compose oneself,
- take it easy,
- put feet up,
- refresh oneself,
- be comfortable,
- slack,
- take life easy,
- unwind,
- take a break,
- unlax,
- laze,
- let down,
- take ten,
- ease off,
- recline,
- loll,
- be at ease,
- ease up,
- lean,
- loaf,
- breathe,
- wind down.
- glut,
- fail,
- grow tired,
- annoy,
- drain,
- nauseate,
- weaken,
- harass,
- burden,
- have had enough,
- tax,
- flag,
- dishearten,
- weigh,
- vex,
- pain,
- enervate,
- strain,
- wear down,
- overwork,
- sink,
- fade,
- plague,
- cloy,
- tire,
- debilitate,
- tire out,
- sicken,
- fall off,
- tucker out,
- exasperate,
- sap,
- distress,
- leave one cold,
- irk,
- fag,
- take it out of,
- jade,
- cause ennui,
- lose interest,
- wear out,
- try the patience of,
- exhaust,
- make discontented,
- bore,
- oppress,
- disgust,
- enfeeble,
- depress,
- fatigue.
Other synonyms:
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- sleep off,
- crash out,
- drift off,
- drop off,
- sleep away,
- nod off,
- sleep through,
- flake out,
- doss,
- snore,
- sleep in.
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- sleep out.
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- crash.
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- get off.
- Slumbered,
- nods off,
- nodding off,
- slumbering,
- Drowsed,
- drowsing,
- catnapping,
- sleeps lightly,
- catnapped.
- siesta,
- be sleepy,
- conked out,
- napping,
- bed down,
- falling asleep,
- take a snooze,
- rest,
- sacked out,
- sleep,
- yawn,
- hit the sack,
- fall asleep,
- grab some z's,
- sack out,
- weary,
- get some shuteye,
- nap,
- snooze,
- take a siesta,
- catch forty winks,
- nodding,
- become inattentive,
- get some shut-eye,
- Bunked,
- doze off,
- Bunking,
- having forty winks,
- oversleep,
- hibernate,
- have forty winks,
- saw wood,
- conk out.
- slacking off,
- unbent,
- lay by,
- takes a nap,
- unbends,
- sat down,
- taking it easy,
- winding down,
- Resting,
- stretched out,
- lying down,
- unbended,
- lay down,
- takes it easy,
- taking a break,
- easing off,
- lies down,
- Idled,
- eased up.
- lie dormant,
- unconsciousness,
- sleepiness,
- sleepwalking,
- dreamland,
- threadbare,
- dozing,
- hackneyed,
- spot of sleep,
- lethargic,
- soporific,
- commonplace,
- dormant,
- bedtime,
- dopey,
- somniloquy,
- pendulous,
- be half asleep,
- blanket drill,
- banal,
- bye-bye,
- obtuse,
- drowsiness,
- be asleep,
- lulling,
- take forty winks,
- languid,
- lethargy,
- slow,
- somnolent,
- saw logs,
- snoozle,
- dorm,
- lazy,
- deep sleep,
- indolent,
- sluggish,
- slumberous,
- drooping,
- pendent,
- take a nap,
- zizz,
- drowse off,
- quietus,
- comatose,
- repose,
- dreamy,
- drowsy,
- Doziness,
- groggy,
- wink of sleep,
- slumberland,
- beauty sleep,
- dozy,
- sleepy,
- kip,
- cat nap,
- sleep soundly,
- somnambulism,
- dull,
- wink,
- hibernation,
- sound sleep,
- somnus,
- somnolence,
- droopy,
- beddy-bye,
- tired,
- trite,
- light sleep.
How to use "Drowse" in context?
When you're dozing off, you might be experiencing a type of sleep known as drowse. Drowsiness or tiredness can cause you to drift off and lose consciousness for brief periods of time. Drowse can last for a few minutes to an hour, depending on how tired you are.
Homophones for Drowse:
- do work, deodorise, drosky, durres, Druse, derrick, dirca, drag, derris, drawers, Druze, doorcase, dressage, dr. j, dry ice, droshky, durga, deterge, drake, draco, Darius I, Darius Iii, dross, Dr. Seuss, dregs, data track, durazzo, dark ages, diaeresis, darkey, dreck, dairy cow, dieresis, dress, dray horse, diarrheic, doric, data hierarchy, drayhorse, dirge, dryas, doris, darkie, dirac, dry wash, dirk, dressy, do drugs, dark, dye-works, deodourise, dragee, darkish, dreg, drug, deodorize, diarchy, diarrhoeic, diuresis, dietrich, dyarchy, duress, drogue, darky, drowsy, dork.
Hyponym for Drowse:
v.
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body
rest.
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body
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