Synonyms of awaking

awaking

verb

present participle of awake

1

as in waking

to cause to stop sleeping

awoke the boys for breakfast

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulling
• mesmerizing
• hypnotizing

2

as in awakening

to cease to be asleep

at the sound of breaking glass she awoke with a start

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of awaking

In Hocus Pocus, Dani, her older brother Max (Omri Katz) and his crush Allison (Vinessa Shaw) have to save the children of Salem, Massachusetts after accidentally awaking the witch Sanderson sisters from their 300-year slumber. —Glenn Garner, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2025

Tirso Ornelas’ seventh-inning grand slam triggered a late-game awaking as Triple-A El Paso beat host Sugar Land 13-2 on Wednesday. —Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025