insomniast

C2+ Topic:Health & Medicine
US /ɪnˈsɑmniˌæst/ UK /ɪnˈsɒmniæst/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person who suffers from insomnia; a rare term for an insomniac

    As a lifelong insomniast, he often reads until dawn.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person who suffers from... insomniacsleepless person
Opposites
sound sleeper
Word family
Forms insomniasts
Related forms insomniasleeplessnessinsomniac

Etymology

Formed from insomnia with -ast, a suffix denoting a person associated with a condition or practice. It is a rare historical alternative to the now more usual insomniac.

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