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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulled
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

2

as in awaked

to cease to be asleep

I woke with a start when the door slammed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awoke
• awaked
• awakened
• roused
• wakened
• aroused
• rose
• arose
• rolled out
• watched
• got up
• turned out
• reawakened
• revived
• stirred
• rewoke
• 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 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
• predicted
• informed
• notified
• forecasted
• prophesied
• presaged
• foretold
• apprised
• forecast
• augured
• admonished
• tipped (off)
• harbingered
• prognosticated
• foreshadowed
• portended
• boded
• foreboded
• forboded
• foretokened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risked
• imperiled
• imperilled

woken

2 of 2

verb (2)

variants or waked also woke

past participle of wake

1

as in awakened

to cause to stop sleeping

my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulled
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

2

as in awoken

to cease to be asleep

I woke with a start when the door slammed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awaked
• awoken
• awoke
• awakened
• roused
• wakened
• aroused
• risen
• gotten up
• rolled out
• arisen
• watched
• got up
• reawakened
• turned out
• revived
• stirred
• rewoken
• rewoke
• 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 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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risked
• imperiled
• imperilled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of woke

Verb

Now it's woke again for trying to wipe an imaginary farmer from its logo. —Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025

Mitchell woke as police approached and fled, as officers pursued. —Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025

Verb

Cracker Barrel proudly announced a new, streamlined, unexciting logo, explained it poorly, defended it clumsily, and failed to recognize that anything remotely resembling a jab at white people, Southern heritage or tradition these days will be attacked as woke. —Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025

Mitchell woke as police approached and fled, as officers pursued. —Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025