Synonyms of wakes

wakes

verb

present tense third-person singular of wake

1

as in awakens

to cause to stop sleeping

my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awakens
• awakes
• rouses
• wakens
• arouses
• stirs
• raises
• disturbs
• knocks up
• revives
• provokes
• reawakens
• rousts
• stimulates
• routs
• excites
• bestirs
• agitates
• rewakes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulls
• hypnotizes
• mesmerizes

2

as in awakes

to cease to be asleep

I woke with a start when the door slammed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awakes
• awakens
• wakens
• rouses
• rises
• arouses
• watches
• arises
• rolls out
• reawakens
• turns out
• stirs
• gets up
• revives
• uprises
• rewakes
• shifts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sleeps
• rests
• nods
• dozes
• slumbers
• drops off
• snoozes
• beds (down)
• naps
• retires
• turns in
• conks (off or out)
• flops
• couches
• sleeps in
• catnaps
• kips (down)
• lies up
• sacks out
• dosses (down)
• oversleeps

3

as in warns

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

• warns
• alerts
• advises
• informs
• cautions
• forewarns
• predicts
• notifies
• foretells
• presages
• admonishes
• prophesies
• apprises
• tips (off)
• forecasts
• augurs
• prognosticates
• foreshadows
• portends
• bodes
• forebodes
• harbingers
• foretokens

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risks
• imperils

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of wakes

But when Lucky wakes from a drugged sleep, Cary is gone and the money too, and police are pulling up outside. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

After their first union, Eamonn (the handsome son, of course) wakes to Aneeka praying. — Literary Hub, 14 July 2026

The mango papaya salad wakes the table up quickly with spicy chili ginger cashew, watermelon radish, peanuts, and Thai basil. — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

The squalling of a blue jay wakes me. — Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026

These memories of his brief, sad human life are uneasy dreams that Lestat wakes from on his tour bus as the sun sets over the road to Toledo. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 15 June 2026

Tran wakes to the sounds of his mother and aunt arguing. — Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 2 June 2026

At Pashupatinath, Kathmandu's largest Hindu temple, a site of cremation, prayer, and daily life all happening at once, Sunita sometimes sits in the early morning, near the entrance to the inner courtyard, in the hour before the city fully wakes. — Vogue, 1 June 2026

The body essentially wakes itself up after fixing what needs fixing. — Allison Palmer, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026