Synonyms of wake

wake 1 of 2

noun

as in consciousness

Related Words

• consciousness
• wakefulness
• insomnia
• sleeplessness

Dissimilar Words

• rest
• sleep
• bed
• slumber
• slumbering
• resting
• dozing
• napping
• repose
• snoozing
• nap
• shut-eye
• doze
• snooze
• drowse
• wink
• catnap
• siesta
• catnapping
• forty winks
• z's
• oversleeping

wake

2 of 2

verb

ˈwāk 

1

as in to awaken

to cause to stop sleeping

my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awaken
• awake
• rouse
• waken
• arouse
• raise
• stir
• knock up
• disturb
• revive
• provoke
• rout
• roust
• reawaken
• stimulate
• excite
• bestir
• rewake
• agitate

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lull
• hypnotize
• mesmerize

2

as in to awake

to cease to be asleep

I woke with a start when the door slammed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awake
• awaken
• waken
• rise
• rouse
• watch
• arouse
• arise
• roll out
• get up
• turn out
• revive
• stir
• reawaken
• uprise
• rewake
• shift

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sleep
• rest
• slumber
• nod
• drop off
• nap
• doze
• snooze
• retire
• couch
• turn in
• bed (down)
• sleep in
• flop
• catnap
• conk (off or out)
• lie up
• doss (down)
• sack out
• kip (down)
• oversleep

3

as in to warn

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

• warn
• alert
• advise
• inform
• forewarn
• caution
• predict
• notify
• presage
• foretell
• forecast
• apprise
• prophesy
• admonish
• tip (off)
• prognosticate
• augur
• harbinger
• portend
• foreshadow
• bode
• forebode
• foretoken

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risk
• imperil

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wake

Noun

Rescue operations and clean-up crews are still working in the wake of last week’s devastating debris avalanche and floods in Nepal and Tibet. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026

Researchers are analyzing the whole genomes of diverse species to find out how organisms manage not only to survive such a potentially lethal event, but also to thrive and adapt in its wake. — Carrie Arnold contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026

Verb

These nine classics skillfully keep audiences guessing while depicting different kinds of waking nightmares, making the protagonists’ traumas our own for a few entertaining hours. — David Faris, TheWeek, 14 Sep. 2026

Today, Barisone claims to have no memory of the time between being in his office up the hill and waking, the next day, with one arm shackled to a hospital bed. — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026