Meanings
adjectivesomnific (comparative more somnific, superlative most somnific)
comparative more somnific · superlative most somnific
- Causing sleep; somniferous.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivesleep inducing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinsomnificus
- Englishsomnific
From Latin somnificus, from somnus (“sleep”) + facere (“to make”). By surface analysis, somn- + -ific.
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Rhymes with somnific
specificpacificscientificterrificprolifichorrificinterspecifichieroglyphichonorificcalorifictranspacificunspecificconspecificsoporificpseudoscientificsalvificcolorificcalcificacidificalgificallospecificanaglyphicanticalcificantiprolific
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
somnific. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnific
MLA
“somnific.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnific. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “somnific,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/somnific.
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