Synonyms of awakened

awakened 1 of 2

adjective

as in roused

Related Words

• roused
• wakened
• aroused
• awake
• wakeful
• sleepless
• rousted
• wide-awake
• insomniac
• aware
• about
• revived
• conscious
• astir
• reawakened
• up

Dissimilar Words

• sleeping
• dormant
• asleep
• unawakened
• resting
• drowsy
• sleepy
• nodding
• somnolent
• slumbering
• dreaming
• slumberous
• napping
• dozing
• dozy
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

awakened

2 of 2

verb

past tense of awaken

1

as in woke

to cause to stop sleeping

be quiet or you'll awaken the kids

Synonyms & Similar Words

• woke
• awoke
• roused
• wakened
• aroused
• knocked up
• revived
• reawakened
• stirred
• raised
• disturbed
• rousted
• routed
• stimulated
• provoked
• excited
• agitated
• bestirred
• rewaked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulled
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

2

as in awoke

to cease to be asleep

guests at the B and B usually awaken to the smell of fresh pancakes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awoke
• woke
• roused
• wakened
• aroused
• rose
• watched
• arose
• reawakened
• rolled out
• revived
• turned out
• got up
• stirred
• uprose
• rewaked
• shifted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slept
• nodded
• rested
• dozed
• slumbered
• dropped off
• retired
• napped
• snoozed
• turned in
• conked (off or out)
• couched
• bedded (down)
• flopped
• slept in
• catnapped
• lay up
• sacked out
• overslept
• kipped (down)
• dossed (down)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of awakened

Adjective

Angine desperately returns to the store, again and again, to get her fix from Malaise, her face reddening from blood just below the surface, a canvas of her awakened desire. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025

Verb

This case has awakened debates about infanticide laws, which provide legal defenses only to mothers who kill their infant. — Dr. Susan Hatters Friedman, Hartford Courant, 23 Aug. 2026

She was awakened in the middle of the night by her barking dog and the sound of a woman screaming in the street. — City News Service, Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

Residents in DuPage County were awakened by tornado sirens early Tuesday morning that were activated accidentally, officials said. — Deanese Williams-Harris, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026

While moving Shanann’s body into his truck, their daughters were awakened by the noise. — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 15 Aug. 2026

Sigourney Weaver returns as Ripley, who’s awakened decades after the events of the first film to find herself on a futuristic space colony. — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

Loud thunderclaps awakened residents, lightning sparked small fires and power outages and rainfall slowed the morning commute. — Tevian Whitehurst, AZCentral.com, 28 July 2026

And apparently anyone did because later that night I was awakened by hostile yelling from the corridor just outside my room. — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026

Spencer’s teenage son was awakened in the night in 1992 to find his father beating his mother in the head with a brick, according to court documents. — Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026