insomniac

Other forms of insomniac

plural

insomniacs·

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 insomniac

What does insomniac mean?

insomniac means "someone who cannot sleep". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in insomniac?

insomniac has 4 syllables: in-som-ni-ac. The stress falls on "som". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈsɑmniˌæk/.

What is another word for insomniac?

Close synonyms include sleepless person, sleepless, watchful. 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 insomniac a common word?

insomniac 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.

What rhymes with insomniac?

10 words rhyme with insomniac. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.