soporific

Plural: soporifics

Noun

• a drug that induces sleep
• Something inducing sleep, especially a drug.
• Something boring or dull.

Adjective Satellite

• sleep inducing
• inducing mental lethargy

Adj

• Tending to induce sleep.
• Boring, dull.

Examples

• The doctor prescribed a soporific to help the patient sleep.
• The professor delivered a soporific lecture.

Synonyms

hypnagogic, hypnogogic, hypnotic, narcotic, somniferous, somnific, soporiferous, banal, beat, blah, bland, boring, cold, colourless, dormitive, drab, dreich, drowsy, dull, dull as dishwater, flat, ho-hum, humdrum, hypnic, insipid, lackluster, lame, languid, lifeless, longsome, monotonous, mundane, no fun at parties, pedantic, pedestrian, plain, plodding, prosaic, prosy, slumberous, snoozeworthy, somnolent, soporific, soporous, static, stodgy, straightforward, stupefacient, stupefactive, tedious, tranquilizing, uncool, uninteresting, vanilla, vapid, wan, weaksauce, wooden

Antonyms

arousing, enlivening, invigorating, provocative, rousing, stimulating

Related Words

sleep inducer

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