Synonyms of waken

waken

verb

ˈwā-kən 

1

as in to wake

to cause to stop sleeping

a sudden loud noise wakened us

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wake
• awaken
• awake
• rouse
• arouse
• knock up
• revive
• raise
• roust
• stir
• disturb
• rout
• provoke
• stimulate
• reawaken
• excite
• bestir
• agitate
• rewake

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lull
• hypnotize
• mesmerize

2

as in to awake

to cease to be asleep

she usually wakens when sunlight begins to stream through the windows

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awake
• wake
• awaken
• rouse
• arouse
• rise
• watch
• arise
• roll out
• reawaken
• revive
• get up
• turn out
• stir
• uprise
• rewake
• shift

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sleep
• slumber
• rest
• doze
• drop off
• nod
• nap
• snooze
• retire
• turn in
• couch
• bed (down)
• sleep in
• flop
• catnap
• conk (off or out)
• lie up
• kip (down)
• doss (down)
• sack out
• oversleep

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of waken

However, my condo association includes several dozen inland three-story condominium buildings, which means that the chance that our residents will be wakened by their building collapsing around them is near zero. — Bruce Strom, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2025

More than that, there is obvious attraction — Mags has a bisexual side that suddenly wakens from long slumber. — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Feb. 2025

Two easy arm swing stretches to waken your shoulders after hours hunched over computers and phones. — Jonathan Beverly, Outside Online, 19 May 2020

Or later consciousness resurfaces in the morning on my return to the wakening world. — Christof Koch, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2017

The dogs were asleep in their kennels at the time and wakened only when the would-be thief was discovered by the staff. — Anne F. Thurston, Foreign Affairs, 23 Feb. 2016