soporific meaning

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soporific (adjective): sleep inducing.

soporific has 3 meanings in this dictionary, as adjective and noun.

soporific as an adjective

  1. sleep inducing

    Synonyms: soporiferous, somniferous, somnific, hypnogogic, hypnagogic

    Similar: depressant

  2. inducing mental lethargy
    • a narcotic speech

    Synonyms: narcotic, soporiferous

    Similar: uninteresting

soporific as a noun

  1. a drug that induces sleep

    Synonyms: hypnotic

    Type of: drug, hypnagogue

    Kinds: narcoleptic, sleeping pill

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