Synonyms of woke

woke 1 of 2

verb (1)

variants also waked

past tense of wake

1

as in awoke

to cause to stop sleeping

my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulled
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

2

as in awakened

to cease to be asleep

I woke with a start when the door slammed

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in warned

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

• warned
• alerted
• advised
• informed
• cautioned
• forewarned
• predicted
• notified
• prophesied
• presaged
• foretold
• admonished
• apprised
• forecast
• augured
• tipped (off)
• harbingered
• prognosticated
• foreshadowed
• portended
• boded
• foreboded
• foretokened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risked
• imperiled

woken

2 of 2

verb (2)

variants or waked also woke

past participle of wake

1

as in awoken

to cause to stop sleeping

my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulled
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

2

as in roused

to cease to be asleep

I woke with a start when the door slammed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awoken
• awakened
• roused
• wakened
• aroused
• watched
• risen
• rolled out
• arisen
• stirred
• got up
• reawakened
• turned out
• revived
• uprisen
• rewaked
• shifted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

3

as in alerted

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

• alerted
• warned
• cautioned
• forewarned
• advised
• notified
• predicted
• informed
• foretold
• prophesied
• presaged
• apprised
• forecast
• augured
• tipped (off)
• admonished
• foreshadowed
• prognosticated
• harbingered
• portended
• boded
• foreboded
• foretokened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risked
• imperiled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of woke

Verb

Traveler Tim Glasgow said his wife woke him up extra early this morning to beat the lines. —Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026

Instead of simply challenging the more foolish of those woke policies, our federal and state governments seem hell bent on obliterating any activity that even hints of DEI. —Maurice O'Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026

Verb

Traveler Tim Glasgow said his wife woke him up extra early this morning to beat the lines. —Brandon Goldner, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026

Quotas, speech codes and identity politics now mocked as woke and un-American, often defied common sense. —Maurice O'Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026