awake

awake

adjective

Definition of AWAKE

1

not sleeping or able to sleep <was awake until 3:00 a.m.>

Synonyms awake, insomniac, sleepless, wide-awake

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

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

2

paying close attention usually for the purpose of anticipating approaching danger or opportunity <awake to the possibility of trouble at the demonstration>

Synonyms Argus-eyed, attentive, awake, observant, open-eyed, tenty (also tentie) [Scottish], vigilant, watchful, wide-awake

Related Words alive, aware, conscious, sensitive; cognizant, heedful, keen, mindful, observing, regardful, sharp, sharp-eyed; hyperalert, hypervigilant, sleepless, wakeful; careful, cautious, chary, wary; prepared, ready

Near Antonyms absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, daydreaming, dazed, distracted, dreaming, dreamy, engrossed, faraway, insensible, oblivious, preoccupied; sleeping, unaware, unconscious, unknowing, unwitting; careless, heedless, inattentive, unheeding, unmindful, unthinking, unwary; unprepared, unready

Antonyms asleep