Definition for Somnolence:

• Sleepiness; desire to sleep.

Synonyms for Somnolence:

• n.

  •coma (noun)
  • hebetude,
  • torpidity,
  • lethargy,
  • faint,
  • syncope,
  • sleep,
  • swoon,
  • blackout,
  • torpor,
  • insensibility,
  • oblivion,
  • trance,
  • slumber,
  • dullness.
  •rest (noun)
  • comfort,
  • lull,
  • silence,
  • stop,
  • hush,
  • cessation,
  • interlude,
  • stillness,
  • coffee break,
  • breathing space,
  • dreaminess,
  • quiescence,
  • tranquillity,
  • peace,
  • idleness,
  • break,
  • halt,
  • time off,
  • recess,
  • calmness,
  • stay,
  • respite,
  • relaxation,
  • re-creations,
  • quietude,
  • pause,
  • motionlessness,
  • intermission,
  • interval,
  • refreshment,
  • ease,
  • re-creation,
  • repose,
  • cutoff,
  • siesta,
  • standstill,
  • downtime,
  • quiet,
  • breather,
  • relief,
  • letup,
  • nap,
  • vacation,
  • forty winks,
  • leisure,
  • holiday,
  • recreation,
  • doze,
  • composure,
  • calm.
  •sleepiness (noun)
  • tiredness,
  • fatigue.
  •stupor (noun)
  • apathy,
  • inertia,
  • suspended animation,
  • languor,
  • bewilderment,
  • numbness,
  • Fainting,
  • amazement,
  • swooning,
  • anesthesia,
  • inertness,
  • lassitude.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • laziness.

Paraphrases for Somnolence:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    drowsiness, sleepiness.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    sedation.

Antonyms for Somnolence:

• n.

  • coma
    alertness, wakefulness, liveliness, consciousness.
  • rest
    agitation, awakening, hurt, distress, beginning, base, core, action, noise, start, labor, go, energy, disturbance, activity, advance, worry, busyness, work, injury, upset, employment, continuation, clamor.
  • sleepiness
    vigor.
  • stupor
    interest, life, sensibility.
  • Other antonyms:
    awareness, insomnia, sleeplessness.

Somnolence Sentence Examples:

• The company were in the main attentive, with the exception of a little somnolence on the part of the old gentleman opposite at times, and a few sly, malicious questions about the " old boys" on the part of that forward young fellow who has figured occasionally, not always to his advantage, in these reports.

• Now the anodyne had not produced the effect which it appeared to have done; instead of healthful sleep, it had brought on a kind of light - headed somnolence, in which the mind, preternaturally restless, wandered about its accustomed haunts, waking up its old familiar instincts and inclinations.

Homophones for Somnolence:

• simoleons, sign language, Siouan Language, sign-language, smelling, smiling, seemliness, sun lounge, smolensk, signaling, Shoshonean Language, Shoshonian Language, smallness.