Synonyms of waking

waking 1 of 2

adjective

as in awakening

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awakening
• wakening
• arousing
• energizing
• rousing
• stimulating
• invigorating
• stimulant
• reviving
• refreshing
• bracing
• stimulatory
• stimulative
• restorative

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sleepy
• drowsy
• hypnotic
• narcotic
• somnolent
• slumbrous
• opiate
• slumberous
• soporific
• settling
• sedative
• tranquilizing
• restful
• comforting
• relaxant
• relaxing
• somniferous
• soothing
• calming
• depressant
• tranquillizing
• lulling
• quieting
• pacifying

waking

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verb

present participle of wake

1

as in awaking

to cause to stop sleeping

my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awaking
• awakening
• rousing
• wakening
• arousing
• raising
• stirring
• knocking up
• reviving
• disturbing
• rousting
• provoking
• reawakening
• routing
• stimulating
• exciting
• agitating
• rewaking
• bestirring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulling
• mesmerizing
• hypnotizing

2

as in wakening

to cease to be asleep

I woke with a start when the door slammed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awaking
• awakening
• wakening
• rising
• rousing
• watching
• arousing
• arising
• rolling out
• uprising
• reawakening
• getting up
• reviving
• stirring
• turning out
• rewaking
• shifting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sleeping
• resting
• dozing
• nodding
• slumbering
• napping
• snoozing
• dropping off
• retiring
• turning in
• bedding (down)
• flopping
• sleeping in
• catnapping
• couching
• conking (off or out)
• lying up
• oversleeping
• dossing (down)
• kipping (down)
• sacking out

3

as in alerting

to give notice to beforehand especially of danger or risk

a public service announcement designed to wake people to the dangers of aggressive driving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• alerting
• warning
• advising
• informing
• cautioning
• forewarning
• predicting
• notifying
• foretelling
• prophesying
• presaging
• admonishing
• forecasting
• prognosticating
• tipping (off)
• apprising
• auguring
• harbingering
• foreshadowing
• foreboding
• portending
• boding
• forboding
• foretokening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risking
• imperiling
• imperilling