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

The park taps into the region’s old folklore, named for the legendary character said to have woken from his 20-year sleep in the Catskills. — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026

This is what publishers get for selling out to woke novelists! — ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026

At 5 the next morning, my mother woke to find my dad’s side of the bed empty. — Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

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