awake

²awake

adj

Definition of AWAKE

: fully conscious, alert, and aware : not asleep

Examples of AWAKE

1. Drinking coffee keeps him awake.
2. I am so tired I can barely stay awake.
3. She was lying awake, tossing and turning.
4. One moment she was sleeping soundly—the next she was wide awake.

First Known Use of AWAKE

13th century

Related to AWAKE

Synonyms: wakeful, insomniac, sleepless, wide-awake

Antonyms: asleep, dormant, dozing, napping, resting, sleeping, slumbering, unawakened

Related Words: aroused, awakened, roused, rousted, wakened; about, astir, up; aware, conscious; revived; reawakened

Near Antonyms: dozy, drowsy, nodding, sleepy, slumberous (or slumbrous), somnolent; dreaming; hypnotized, mesmerized

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