Synonyms of woken

woken

verb

variants or waked also woke

past participle of wake

1

as in awoken

to cause to stop sleeping

my banging around in the kitchen woke my wife

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

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

• awoken
• awakened
• roused
• wakened
• aroused
• watched
• risen
• rolled out
• arisen
• stirred
• got up
• reawakened
• turned out
• revived
• uprisen
• rewaked
• shifted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slept
• nodded
• dozed
• rested
• slumbered
• dropped off
• snoozed
• napped
• retired
• turned in
• conked (off or out)
• couched
• bedded (down)
• catnapped
• flopped
• slept in
• overslept
• sacked out
• kipped (down)
• dossed (down)
• lain up

3

as in alerted

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• risked
• imperiled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of woken

In the middle of the night, as the floodwaters were rising, the dog woke her by shaking water off herself, giving the family enough time to climb a ladder onto the roof of their home just minutes before it was completely flooded. — Fabiola Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Above-average rainfall in June and August, along with several cold fronts sweeping across the region, woke the seeds from a lengthy slumber to transform the landscape. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026

She was woken by Lizzie after the discovery of Andrew’s body and went to get the doctor. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026

Neither support socialism or are perceived as woke, which is otherwise a growing trend among Democratic challengers in the country. — Hazel Gandhi, The Providence Journal, 9 Sep. 2026

Even after a bailiff woke him up, Martin slumped over in his wheelchair, inside a courtroom bullpen, occasionally jerking and opening his eyes. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026

The best music; Cars still had a little style and nothing woke about sports. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026

When the show ended, the audience burst into rattled applause, as if we’d been woken from our own dream, still unable to tell the reverie from the real thing. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026

When Silvia Passiflora traveled to New Orleans, music coming from outside of her hotel room woke her up. — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026