insomniac

Speech parts

1. insomniac - Noun

2. insomniac - Adjective

3. insomniac - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

someone who cannot sleep

experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

sleep apnea restless sleepless wakeful night owl awake waking insomnia watchful lidless astir wide-awake stay up sleeplessness restless legs syndrome
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Antonyms

hypnotized napping slumberous drowsing slumbering dozing
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Hypernyms

sufferer sick person diseased person

Phrases with the word

be insomniac

Anagrams

aniconism

Examples

The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world. Leonard Cohen

What is that one crucifixion compared to the daily kind any insomniac endures? Emil Cioran

My attention span is all over the place, and I overthink things. I'm an insomniac. Selena Gomez

It is not the slumber of reason that engenders monsters, but vigilant and insomniac rationality. Gilles Deleuze

He was afraid of touching his own wrist. He never attempted to sleep on his left side, even in those dismal hours of the night when the insomniac longs for a third side after trying the two he has. Vladimir Nabokov

Being an insomniac only slows me down. I try not to write at night, as I'm concerned that this will affect the quality. Elliot Perlman

Close letter words and terms

insolvently insomnia insomnia or wakefulness insomnious insomnolence insomnolency