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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a very sleepy state;
- Example: "sleepiness causes many driving accidents"
[syn: sleepiness, drowsiness, somnolence]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Somnolence \Som"no*lence\, Somnolency \Som"no*len*cy\, n. [L. somnolentia: cf. F. somnolence.] Sleepiness; drowsiness; inclination to sleep. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

somnolence n 1: a very sleepy state; "sleepiness causes many driving accidents" [syn: sleepiness, drowsiness, somnolence] [ant: sleeplessness, wakefulness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

48 Moby Thesaurus words for "somnolence": acedia, apathy, boredom, doziness, drowsiness, dullness, enervation, ennui, fatigue, heaviness, hebetude, inanimation, indifference, jadedness, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languishment, languor, languorousness, lassitude, lenitude, lentor, lethargy, lifelessness, listlessness, oscitancy, oscitation, pandiculation, passivity, phlegm, satedness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, somnolency, stretching, stupefaction, stupor, supineness, torpidity, torpidness, torpitude, torpor, weariness, world-weariness, yawning