hypnagogic

1. 1.

   sleep inducing

   Synonymssoporificsoporiferoussomniferoussomnifichypnogogic

   Similardepressant

Questions about hypnagogic

What does hypnagogic mean?

hypnagogic means "sleep inducing".

How many syllables are in hypnagogic?

hypnagogic has 4 syllables: hyp-na-go-gic. The stress falls on "go".

What is another word for hypnagogic?

Close synonyms include soporific, soporiferous, somniferous, somnific, hypnogogic. 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 hypnagogic a common word?

hypnagogic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.