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100 Best Synonyms for “Tired”

August 31, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. all in completely exhausted
2. apathetic showing little interest or energy
3. beat very worn out, informally
4. blasé unimpressed from overfamiliarity
5. bleary dull-eyed from fatigue
6. bored weary from lack of interest
7. brain-fried mentally exhausted, informally
8. burned out exhausted by prolonged stress
9. burnt out exhausted by prolonged stress
10. bushed very tired, informally
11. careworn worn by worry or fatigue
12. clapped out worn out, chiefly British
13. clichéd overused and predictable
14. cream-crackered exhausted, British slang
15. dead beat utterly exhausted, informally
16. depleted reduced in energy or strength
17. done in exhausted, informally
18. dozy sleepy and inattentive
19. drained emptied of energy
20. drawn looking strained and exhausted
21. droopy sagging with tiredness
22. drowsy heavy with sleepiness
23. emotionally drained lacking emotional energy
24. emotionally spent emotionally exhausted
25. enervated drained of vitality
26. exhausted completely lacking energy
27. fading losing energy or alertness
28. fagged exhausted, chiefly British
29. faint weak and light-headed
30. fatigued physically or mentally drained
31. flat lacking energy or freshness
32. formulaic predictably conventional
33. frazzled exhausted and mentally frayed
34. fried mentally exhausted, informally
35. groggy weak and dazed from sleepiness
36. hackneyed overused and unoriginal
37. haggard looking exhausted and worn
38. half-asleep barely awake
39. heavy-eyed sleepy and struggling to stay awake
40. humdrum dull and routine
41. jaded dulled by overexposure
42. kaput worn out or broken
43. knackered very exhausted, informally
44. lackluster dull and lacking energy
45. languid lacking energy or vigor
46. lethargic sluggish and low-energy
47. lifeless lacking vitality or energy
48. limp lacking firmness or energy
49. listless lacking energy or enthusiasm
50. logy sluggish and dull
51. low-energy having little energy
52. mentally drained lacking mental energy
53. mentally spent out of mental energy
54. monotonous dull through sameness
55. old no longer fresh or original
56. out of gas without energy left
57. out of steam having no energy remaining
58. overtaxed strained beyond capacity
59. overtired too tired to relax easily
60. overused used too often
61. overworked exhausted from too much work
62. passé outdated and no longer fresh
63. played out worn out or overused
64. pooped worn out, informally
65. predictable too expected to feel fresh
66. ready to drop nearly too exhausted to continue
67. repetitive repeated enough to become dull
68. routine ordinary and unexciting
69. run-down weakened and low on energy
70. running on empty continuing with no energy
71. sapped depleted of strength
72. shattered extremely exhausted, chiefly British
73. sleep-deprived lacking enough sleep
74. sleep-starved badly needing sleep
75. sleepy needing or wanting sleep
76. sluggish slow from low energy
77. somnolent sleepy, especially formally
78. spent having no energy left
79. stale no longer fresh or interesting
80. strained showing stress or fatigue
81. tame lacking excitement or force
82. taxed strained by demands
83. tepid unenthusiastic or lukewarm
84. threadbare overused and lacking freshness
85. torpid inactive from sluggishness
86. trite overused and lacking freshness
87. tuckered out very tired, informally
88. underslept having slept too little
89. unenergetic not energetic
90. uninspired lacking freshness or imagination
91. unoriginal lacking originality
92. washed out weak and lacking energy
93. weak lacking physical strength
94. weakened made less strong or energetic
95. weary worn down by effort
96. wiped out completely exhausted
97. woozy weak, dizzy, and unsteady
98. worn out extremely drained or used up
99. worn-down gradually exhausted or weakened
100. zonked extremely tired, informally

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