Synonyms of woke

woke

verb

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
• roused
• wakened
• aroused
• stirred
• raised
• knocked up
• disturbed
• revived
• rousted
• provoked
• routed
• excited
• reawakened
• stimulated
• agitated
• rewaked
• bestirred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulled
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

2

as in awakened

to cease to be asleep

I woke with a start when the door slammed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awoke
• awakened
• wakened
• roused
• rose
• watched
• aroused
• arose
• rolled out
• got up
• turned out
• reawakened
• revived
• stirred
• 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 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

• warned
• alerted
• advised
• informed
• cautioned
• forewarned
• predicted
• notified
• prophesied
• presaged
• foretold
• admonished
• apprised
• forecast
• augured
• tipped (off)
• harbingered
• prognosticated
• foreshadowed
• portended
• boded
• foreboded
• foretokened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risked
• imperiled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of woke

Continue reading … HOT AIR – AOC tries to laugh off 'crazy' woke era as thing of the past, but conservatives aren't amused. — FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Aston Martin specialist Nicholas Mee & Company recently woke the car from a near 40-year slumber to return it to road-going condition. — New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2026

Troopers woke the man and found open intoxicants on the passenger seat, MSP said. — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

In the beginning, Piker wanted to show young men that leftists could be fun — not just woke social-justice warriors and PC scolds. — Josh Eells, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2026

Participants gained more total sleep time, fell asleep faster, slept more soundly and woke less during the night. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Birdie cried and slept and cried, then woke to an oily splotch on the pillowcase. — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

Something about that moment woke the offense up as Jeremy Payne rushed in for a touchdown a few plays later. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026

Many Americans experienced the rise of what became known as woke politics not through government but through companies. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 17 July 2026