sleepyhead

sleep·y·head

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [slee-pee-hed]
- /ˈsli piˌhɛd/
- /ˈsliː.pi.hed/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [slee-pee-hed]
- /ˈsli piˌhɛd/

Definitions of sleepyhead word

noun sleepyhead a sleepy person. 1
noun sleepyhead a sleepy or lazy person 0
noun sleepyhead a sleepy person 0

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Origin of sleepyhead

First appearance:

before 1570

One of the 33% oldest English words

First recorded in 1570-80; sleepy + head

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Parts of speech for Sleepyhead

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Sleepyhead

sleepyhead popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for sleepyhead

adj sleepyhead

blahs — nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.
dozy — drowsy; half asleep.
draggy — moving or developing very slowly.
laid back — relaxed or unhurried: laid-back music rhythms.
languid — lacking in vigor or vitality; slack or slow: a languid manner.

adjective sleepyhead

energyless — Without energy.
laggard — a person or thing that lags; lingerer; loiterer.
nebbish — a pitifully ineffectual, luckless, and timid person.
nodding — to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
opiate — a drug containing opium or its derivatives, used in medicine for inducing sleep and relieving pain.

All 14 Synonyms of sleepyhead