somnolence

Questions about somnolence

What does somnolence mean?

somnolence means "a very sleepy state".

How many syllables are in somnolence?

somnolence has 3 syllables: som-no-lence. The stress falls on "som". In IPA it is /ˈsɑmnələns/.

What is another word for somnolence?

Close synonyms include sleepiness, drowsiness. 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 somnolence a common word?

somnolence 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.