Awake

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  • intransitive verb. To rouse from sleep; waken.
  • intransitive verb. To make aware of.
  • intransitive verb. To stir up (memories, for example).
  • intransitive verb. To wake up.
  • intransitive verb. To become alert.
  • intransitive verb. To become aware or cognizant.
  • adjective. Completely conscious; not in a state of sleep.
  • adjective. Fully alert; attuned. synonym: aware.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To cease to sleep; come out of a state of natural sleep.
  • To come into being or action as if from sleep.
  • To bestir or rouse one's self from a state resembling sleep; emerge from a state of inaction; be invigorated with new life; become alive: as, to awake from sloth; to awake to the consciousness of a great loss.
  • To be or remain awake; watch.
  • To arouse from sleep.
  • To arouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupor, or inaction; put into action or new life: as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties.
  • Synonyms To wake, excite, stir up, call forth, stimulate, spur (up).
  • Roused from sleep; not sleeping; in a state of vigilance or action.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.
  • transitive verb. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up
  • adjective. Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.
  • intransitive verb. To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Not asleep; conscious.
  • adjective. Alert, aware.
  • verb. To become conscious after having slept.
  • verb. To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
  • verb. to excite or to stir up something latent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. not in a state of sleep; completely conscious
  • adjective. mentally perceptive and responsive
  • verb. stop sleeping
  • Word Usage
    "I use the term awake here instead of the more commonly used word, enlightened."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    cross-reference
    Equivalent
    Form
    awaked  awaken  awaking  awoke  awoken  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ache  Blake  Drake  Haik  Jake  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    alert  alive  anxious  ashamed  aware  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    activate  agile  alert  alive  animate  
    variant
    awoke  awoken  
    verb-form
    awakes  awaking  awoke  awoken