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

The speaker in Hirshfield’s poem wakes twice, inviting us to consider both a physical awakening and a spiritual one. — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Oct. 2026

A couple in crisis wakes to find their apartment sealed off by a mysterious, unbreakable substance. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 14 Aug. 2026

Every morning, Chef wakes Tony with a bucket of cold seawater. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026

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