Entry Word: wake

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to cause to stop sleeping <my banging around in the kitchen woke the cat>

Synonyms arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, waken

Related Words raise, revive; reawake, reawaken; agitate, disturb, excite, provoke, stimulate, stir

Near Antonyms hypnotize, mesmerize; lay (down)

Antonyms lull

2 to cease to be asleep <I woke with a start when the door slammed>

Synonyms arouse, awake, awaken, rouse, waken

Related Words arise, get up, rise, uprise; watch; revive; reawake, reawaken; shift, stir

Near Antonyms catnap, doze, drop (off), nap, nod, sleep, slumber, snooze; bed (down), couch, retire, turn in; oversleep