drowsy

Other forms of drowsy

comparative or superlative

drowsier

comparative or superlative

drowsiest

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about drowsy

What does drowsy mean?

drowsy means "half asleep". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in drowsy?

drowsy has 2 syllables: drow-sy. The stress falls on "drow". In IPA it is /ˈdɹaʊzi/.

What is another word for drowsy?

Close synonyms include drowsing, dozy, oscitant, yawning. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drowsy a common word?

drowsy is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.