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Awake

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To rouse from sleep; waken.

v. To stir the interest of; excite.

v. To stir up (memories, for example).

verb-intransitive. To wake up.

verb-intransitive. To become alert.

verb-intransitive. To become aware or cognizant: awoke to reality. See Usage Note at wake1.

adj. Completely conscious; not in a state of sleep.

adj. Vigilant; watchful. See Synonyms at aware.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Not asleep; conscious.

adj. Alert, aware.

v. To become conscious after having slept.

v. To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.

v. to excite or to stir up something latent.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.

v. 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

verb-intransitive. 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.

adj. Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action.

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.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. not in a state of sleep; completely conscious

adj. mentally perceptive and responsive

v. stop sleeping

Word Usage

"I use the term awake here instead of the more commonly used word, enlightened."

Equivalent

unsleeping awakened wide-awake astir waking watchful insomniac sleepless wakeful up

Antonym

asleep unconscious

Verb Form

awakes awaking awoke awoken

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

turn change state

Cross Reference

conscious alert attentive awaken awake to wake wake up

Variant

awoke awoken

Form

awoke awaked awaken awoken awaking

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

wake awaken waken rouse excite conscious lucid wide awake

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Ache Blake Drake Haik Jake Lake Snake ache ake bake

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

alive unable alert willing anxious aware sane sick ashamed watchful