wakeful
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.wake·ful
adjective \ˈwāk-fəl\Definition of WAKEFUL
See Examples of WAKEFUL
- <the mother remained wakeful until her child returned home>
First Known Use of WAKEFUL
15th century
Related to WAKEFUL
- Synonyms
- awake, insomniac, sleepless, wide-awake
- Antonyms
- asleep, dormant, dozing, napping, resting, sleeping, slumbering, unawakened
wake·ful
adjective \ˈwāk-fəl\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of WAKEFUL
: not sleeping or able to sleep : sleepless
—wake·ful·ness noun
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