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

Weiss will never be woke enough for her critics, and that’s a good thing. —Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025

Blues, who included woke Luddites and other political enemies, would be shut out of the bounty—forced out, in fact. —Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025

Verb

The officers woke Lopez up from his nap and booked him into Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, court records show. —Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025

About 90 minutes later, Rosario woke to find Camila gone from the home. —Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025