wake (up)

verb

Definition of wake (up)next
as in to jazz (up)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wake (up)
  1. awake
  2. rouse
  3. stir
  4. awaken
  5. stimulate
  6. arouse
Verb
  • While preparing for a trip, he is rendered unconscious using knockout gas and awakes to find himself inside a perfect recreation of his own home, but this one is located in a mysterious settlement known as The Village.
    — William Worrall, Space.com, 15 July 2026
  • Chicago awoke two days later to find almost 18,000 buildings destroyed, much of the city leveled, 90,000 people homeless and 300-some people dead.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2026
Definition of awake
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  • Daemon gets eight points for giving that rousing speech to his former men.
    — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 20 July 2026
  • Meanwhile, Prudhomme helps to paint a tricolore on the start line in Aurillac and delivers a rousing speech.
    — Andy McGrath, New York Times, 11 July 2026
Definition of rouse
Verb
  • Pour the soy sauce mixture into the pan and stir well to combine, scraping up any brown bits.
    — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 19 July 2026
  • Unruly Uranus stirs your 4th House of Home, forming a trine with Pluto in your 12th House of Solitude.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
Definition of stir
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  • 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
  • Uranus’ connection to Neptune awakens a bold idea within you!
    — USA TODAY, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Definition of awaken
Verb
  • The unity shown in Ankara will only stimulate additional doubts over Moscow’s capacity to end the conflict favorably.
    — Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
  • The hormone stimulates insulin secretion, suppresses glucagon—preventing the hormone from causing the liver to release too much sugar into the bloodstream —and slows gastric emptying.
    — Liz Seegert, Scientific American, 19 July 2026
Definition of stimulate
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  • The song was inspired by his boyfriend, who, when aroused, came over his head.
    — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026
  • As virality goes, this is not a big number, but the passion that the account has aroused dwarfs its reach.
    — David Kamp, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Definition of arouse
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