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

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

Hackensack Fire Department One resident named Jordan said her mom woke her up and told her that her car was on fire. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 29 July 2026

Instead of focusing on woke slop, Sheridan makes stories that demand your attention, have clear good guys and bad guys and obvious stakes. — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

Taytum Thomas has just woken from her afternoon nap, and the 2-year-old is making a beeline to the swing set at Tilles Park. — Jeremy Rutherford, New York Times, 27 July 2026

The era of tokenmaxxing seems to have woken AI engineers up to this universal rule. — Zev Fima,jeff Marks, CNBC, 21 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

This piece of Florida’s war on woke clamped down on speaking the wrong words in college and university classrooms, particularly about race and color, lest impressionable ears catch wind of an opinion not their own. — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2026