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

And some people are absolutely outraged, with many going as far to say its new, simplified logo is a signal of Cracker Barrel going woke. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025

Woke is the opposite of reassuring, but anti-woke isn’t enough to project competence. —Clive Crook, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025

Verb

Somewhere along the way, though, the movie shifts from being apolitically involving to dangerously close to woke in a manner far more typical of 2023, when the picture was first shown, than 2025, when it is finally being unleashed on the general public. —Peter Tonguette, The Washington Examiner, 22 Aug. 2025

And some people are absolutely outraged, with many going as far to say its new, simplified logo is a signal of Cracker Barrel going woke. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025