hypnotic

Meaning

Adj

1. Of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
2. Capturing a person's attention to the exclusion of all else, as if placing them into a trance.
3. Inducing sleep; soporific.
4. (obsolete) Dormant.

Noun

1. A person who is, or can be, hypnotized.
2. A soporific substance.

Synonyms

soporific

mesmeric

somnifacient

sleeping pill

spellbinding

mesmerizing

somniferous

somnolent

dormitive

hyqnagoguo

somnificant

hypnagogic

hypnagogue

hypnotics

languorous

narcotic

opiate

sleeping tablet

Translations

hipnótico

hypnotique

ipnotico

hipnòtic

hipnótico

hypnotisch

sonífero

somnifère

hypnotisch

υπνωτικός

narcotique

uyutucu

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɪpˈnɒ.tɪk/

Etymology

From French hypnotique (“inclined to sleep, soporific”), from Late Latin hypnoticus, from Ancient Greek ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “inclined to sleep, putting to sleep, sleepy”), from ὑπνοῦν (hupnoûn, “to put to sleep”), from ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).