somniferous
51tranquilizing — Synonyms and related words: analgesic, anodyne, appeasing, calmant, calmative, calming, cradling, depressant, dreamy, drowsy, gentling, hushing, hypnotic, lulling, mollifying, narcotic, pacifying, paregoric, quietening, restful, rocking, sedative …
52slǽpbǽre — adj soporific, somniferous …
53narcotic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. soporific, anesthetic; opiate, anodyne; dope, drug; sedative, tranquilizer. adj. stupefying, narcotizing, tranquilizing. See insensibility, remedy, habit, drugs. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. opiate,… …
54opiate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. narcotic, palliative, drug, sedative, tranquilizer, analgesic. See insensibility, remedy, habit. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Anything that pacifies] Syn. pacifier, sedative, anodyne; see tranquilizer 2 . 2 …
55sedative — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sedation; tranquilizer, bromide, calmant; sleeping pill; drug, narcotic, opiate, morphine; hypnotic; painkiller, barbiturate, analgesic, downer (sl.), goofball (sl.); Demerol, Nembutal. See remedy,… …
56sleep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. slumber, somnolence, nap, doze, drowse, rest, repose; coma; hypnosis. v. i. slumber, repose, doze, nap; be dead or dormant. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. slumber, doze, nap, rest, repose, sound sleep, deep… …
57sleepy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. drowsy; languid; lethargic. See repose, inactivity. Ant., [wide ]awake, alert. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. drowsy, tired, dozy, somnolent, slumberous, sluggish; see also tired . Syn. sleepy applies… …
58somnolent — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sleepy, drowsy, slumb[e]rous; dozing; lethargic. See inactivity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. drowsy, fatigued, sleepy; see tired . See Synonym Study at sleepy . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a.… …
59weariness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Exhaustion Nouns 1. weariness, tiredness, exhaustion, lethargy, lassitude, fatigue; drowsiness, languor, languidness; weakness, faintness. Slang, rack attack, three o clock syndrome. See dejection,… …
60slumberous — (Roget s Thesaurus II) (or slumbrous) adjective 1. Ready for or needing sleep: dozy, drowsy, nodding, sleepy, slumbery, somnolent, soporific. See AWARENESS. 2. Inducing sleep or sedation: hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, sedative, sleepy, somnifacient …
