Meanings
nouninsomniac (plural insomniacs)
plural insomniacs
- One who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping; a sufferer from insomnia.
Leave my door open just a crack (please take me away from here) 'Cause I feel like such an insomniac (please take me away from here)
2009, Owl City, “Fireflies”, in Ocean Eyes, via Spotify
adjectiveinsomniac (comparative more insomniac, superlative most insomniac)
comparative more insomniac · superlative most insomniac
- Suffering from or pertaining to insomnia.
By 9 A.M., however, all but the most insomniac of the night owls were taking a catnap.
1963 August 19, Charlotte Curtis, “Newport Debut Revelry Carries Over to 2d Day”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic أَرِق, آرِق
- أَرِق (ʔariq)one who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
- آرِق (ʔāriq)one who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
Catalan insomne
- insomnesuffering from or pertaining to insomnia
Chinese Mandarin 失眠患者, 失眠的
- 失眠患者 (shīmián huànzhě)one who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
- 失眠的 (shīmián de)suffering from or pertaining to insomnia
- 患有失眠症的 (huànyǒu shīmiánzhèng de)suffering from or pertaining to insomnia
Finnish unettomuudesta kärsivä, unettomuudesta kärsivä
- unettomuudesta kärsiväone who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
- unettomuudesta kärsiväsuffering from or pertaining to insomnia
French insomniaque, insomniaque
- insomniaqueone who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
- insomniaquesuffering from or pertaining to insomnia
German Schlafloser, Schlafgestörter
- Schlafloserone who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
- Schlafgestörterone who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
- Schlafgestörteone who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
- Asomnier (med.)one who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
- insomnischsuffering from or pertaining to insomnia
- schlafgestörtsuffering from or pertaining to insomnia
Icelandic einhver sem þjáist af svefnleysi, svefnleysis-
- einhver sem þjáist af svefnleysione who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
- svefnleysis-suffering from or pertaining to insomnia
Italian insonne
- insonneone who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
Portuguese insone
- insoneone who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
Romanian insomniac, insomniac
- insomniacone who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
- insomniacsuffering from or pertaining to insomnia
Spanish insomne, insomne
- insomneone who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping
- insomnesuffering from or pertaining to insomnia
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with insomniac
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Cite this entry
APA
insomniac. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insomniac
MLA
“insomniac.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insomniac. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insomniac,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insomniac.
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