wide-awake

wide–awake

adj

Definition of WIDE-AWAKE

1

: fully awake

2

: alertly watchful especially for advantages or opportunities

First Known Use of WIDE-AWAKE

1791

Related to WIDE-AWAKE

Synonyms: awake, 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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