Synonyms of the word

oscitancy

• n. the act of yawning.
• n. drowsiness, especially when marked by yawning.

drowsiness

• n. State of being drowsy.

dullness

• n. The quality of being slow to understand things.
• n. The quality of being uninteresting.
• n. The lack of visual brilliance.
• n. (of an edge) bluntness.

obtuseness

• n. The quality of being obtuse.
• n. Something that is obtuse.

reflex

• n. An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.
• n. (linguistics) the descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter…
• n. (obsolete) Reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.
• adj. Bent, turned back or reflected.
• adj. Produced automatically by a stimulus.
• adj. (geometry, of an angle) Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees.
• adj. (photography) Of a camera or camera mechanism, using a mirror to reflect the image onto a ground-glass…
• v. to bend, turn back or reflect.
• v. to respond to a stimulus.

sleepiness

• n. The property of being sleepy.

somnolence

• n. a state of drowsiness or sleepiness.

yawn

• v. To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired and sometimes…
• v. To present a wide opening.
• v. To open the mouth, or to gape, through surprise or bewilderment.
• v. To be eager; to desire to swallow anything; to express desire by yawning.
• n. The action of yawning; opening the mouth widely and taking a long, rather deep breath, often because one…
• n. A particularly boring event.

yawning

• v. present participle of yawn.
• n. The action of the verb yawn.
• adj. That yawns or yawn.
• adj. (figuratively) Wide open.