Synonyms of roused

roused 1 of 2

adjective

as in awakened

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

roused

2 of 2

verb

past tense of rouse

1

as in woke

to cause to stop sleeping

the honking horns roused her from a deep sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulled
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

2

as in awoke

to cease to be asleep

I finally roused around noon, after going to bed very late

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of roused

Verb

Helen, roused from sleep by the smell of coffee, went into the kitchen. — Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

Peter roused again but had grown more certain since his last utterance. — Anand Giridharadas, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026

After Zverev had established a two-sets-to-love lead, Shelton roused himself and the crowd by taking the third set. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Every third morning Soumia Bensalah was roused before the break of dawn. — Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026

Around three in the morning, after the evening Kenzo had died, the woman had suddenly woken up, having been roused by the sound of water coming from the house next door. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

One by one, as if roused from a trance, my fellow staffers rose from their workstations and filed to the exit. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026

As the fires spread, roughly 2,900 people — many roused from sleep — were told to evacuate or warned to prepare to flee. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026

The resort is also known for Northern Lights viewing and offers wake-up call services for guests who want to be roused from sleep when the aurora appears overhead — turning the soak into a round-the-clock experience. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2026