| Main Entry: | sleepy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tired, dull |
Synonyms: |
asleep, blah*, comatose, dopey, dozy, draggy, drowsy, heavy, hypnotic, inactive, lethargic, listless, out of it, out*, quiet, sleeping, sleepyhead, slow, sluggish, slumberous, slumbersome, snoozy, somnolent, soporific, torpid, yawning |
Antonyms: |
animated, awake, energetic, unsleepy |
| Main Entry: | comatose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unconscious |
Synonyms: |
cold, dead, dead to the world, dopey, drowsy, drugged, hebetudinous, inconscious, insensible, lethargic, out, out cold, out to lunch, senseless, sleepy, sluggish, slumberous, somnolent, soporose, stupefied, stupid, stuporous, torpid, vegged out |
Antonyms: |
alert, awake, conscious |
| Main Entry: | hypnotic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spellbinding, sleep-inducing |
Synonyms: |
anesthetic, anodyne, calmative, lenitive, mesmeric, mesmerizing, narcotic, opiate, sleepy, somniferous, somnolent, soothing, soporific, soporose, trance-inducing |
Antonyms: |
exciting, exhilarating, inciteful, inspiring, stimulating |
| Main Entry: | idle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not used; out of action |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, asleep, barren, closed down, dead, deserted, down, dusty, empty, gathering dust, inactive, inert, jobless, laid-off, leisured, mothballed, motionless, on the bench, on the shelf, out of operation, out of work, passive, quiet, redundant, resting, rusty, sleepy, stationary, still, uncultivated, unemployed, unoccupied, untouched, unused, vacant, void, waste, workless |
| Notes: | idle means not in action or at work; idyll means a simple descriptive work, either in poetry or prose, dealing with simple, rustic life - or a lighthearted carefree episode or experience; idyllic means excellent and delightful in all respects |
Antonyms: |
active, busy, employed, productive, used, working |
| Main Entry: | inactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not engaged in action; inert, lazy |
Synonyms: |
abeyant, asleep, blah*, disengaged, do-nothing, dormant, down, draggy, dull, idle, immobile, in holding pattern, indolent, inoperative, jobless, latent, lax, lethargic, limp, low-key, mothballed, motionless, on hold, ossified, out of action, out of commission, out of service, out of work, passive, quiescent, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stable, static, still, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied, unused |
Antonyms: |
active, busy, involved, working |
| Main Entry: | inert |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not moving; lifeless |
Synonyms: |
apathetic, asleep, dead, dormant, down, dull, idle, immobile, impassive, impotent, inactive, inanimate, indolent, languid, languorous, lazy, leaden, listless, motionless, numb, paralyzed, passive, phlegmatic, powerless, quiescent, quiet, slack, sleepy, slothful, sluggard, sluggish, slumberous, static, still, stolid, torpid, unmoving, unreactive, unresponsive |
Antonyms: |
active, alive, animated, lively, mobile, moving, working |
| Main Entry: | lazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive, sluggish |
Synonyms: |
apathetic, asleep on the job, careless, comatose, dallying, dilatory, drowsy, dull, flagging, idle, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, languid, languorous, lethargic, lifeless, loafing, neglectful, out of it, passive, procrastinating, remiss, shiftless, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, slow-moving, snoozy, somnolent, supine, tardy, tired, torpid, trifling, unconcerned, unenergetic, unindustrious, unpersevering, unready, weary |
Antonyms: |
active, diligent, energetic, hard-working, industrious, lively |
| Main Entry: | lethargic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy, sluggish |
Synonyms: |
apathetic, blah*, comatose, debilitated, dilatory, dopey, dormant, draggy, drowsy, dull, enervated, having spring fever, heavy, idle, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, laid-back*, languid, languorous, listless, moony, nebbish, out of it, passive, phlegmatic, sleepy, sleepyhead, slothful, slow, slumberous, snoozy, somnolent, spiritless, stolid, stretchy, stupefied, supine, torpid, wimpy |
Antonyms: |
active, busy, energetic, lively, vital, vivacious |
| Main Entry: | listless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spiritless, without energy |
Synonyms: |
absent, abstracted, apathetic, blah*, bored, careless, dormant, dreamy, drowsy, dull, easygoing, energyless, enervated, faint, heavy, heedless, impassive, inanimate, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, insouciant, lackadaisical, lagging, laid-back*, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, limp, lukewarm, lymphatic, mopish, neutral, out of it, passive, phlegmatic, slack, sleepy, slow, sluggish, stupid, supine, thoughtless, torpid, uninterested, vacant |
Antonyms: |
active, alert, attentive, energetic, lively, untired |
| Main Entry: | passive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lifeless, inactive |
Synonyms: |
acquiescent, apathetic, asleep, bearing, compliant, cool, docile, enduring, flat, forbearing, going through motions, hands off, idle, indifferent, inert, laid-back*, latent, long-suffering, moony, motionless, nonresistant, nonviolent, patient, phlegmatic, poker-faced, quiescent, quiet, receptive, resigned, sleepy, static, stolid, submissive, tractable, unassertive, unflappable, uninvolved, unresisting, walking through it, yielding |
Antonyms: |
active, dynamic, lively |