Synonyms of wakefulness

wakefulness

noun

as in insomnia

the inability to obtain adequate sleep

a nagging wakefulness that seemed resistant to all of the standard home remedies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insomnia
• restlessness
• alertness
• sleeplessness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• drowsiness
• sleepiness
• narcolepsy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wakefulness

But in people with narcolepsy, such boundaries become blurred, allowing elements of sleep to intrude into wakefulness in varying ways. — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 8 July 2026

The clinical data demonstrated significant improvements in wakefulness and reductions in excessive daytime sleepiness at week eight, outperforming the placebo with a generally favorable safety profile. — Sasirekha Subramanian, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Daytime light helps set the body’s circadian rhythms, which play an important role in sleep, wakefulness, and other brain and body functions. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 25 June 2026

As a result, many night owls feel groggy in the morning because their bodies have not yet fully prepared for wakefulness. — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 19 June 2026

That’s followed by periods of contemplation, energized wakefulness, and, purportedly, a vanishing of withdrawal symptoms. — Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 24 May 2026

Everybody wants to sound like her, but no one else can quite replicate the particular sonic grammar of her writing, which unfurls like an intimate dispatch from the blurry edge of sleep and wakefulness. — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026

The company’s key asset is cleminorexton (formerly known as ORX750), which seeks to mimic a molecule in the brain, known as orexin, that helps regulate wakefulness. — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 31 Mar. 2026

For many women, that gentle nudge toward wakefulness was once easy to sleep through. — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 23 Mar. 2026