Synonyms for awake
- adjective
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Wakeful — alert, aware
wakeful, watchful, alert, woke, aware, vigilant, attentive, sleepless, cognizant, cognisant UK, on guard, observant, wary, heedful
2. Wide-awake — not asleep; conscious
Verb
1. Wake — to cause (somebody) to stop sleeping
wake, waken, rouse, arouse, knock up UK, cry, bring around, call
2. Come alive — to become conscious after having slept
come alive, stir formal, arise, rise
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not asleep; conscious.
- adj. 2
Alert, aware.
They were awake to the possibility of a decline in sales.
- v. 1
To become conscious after having slept.
- v. 2
To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping.
Related words
- Word family
- awaken
- Phrases
- wide-awake broad awake
Example sentences
- alert When I saw his face, I was instantly on red alert.
- woke One rainy morning I woke up to find myself famous.
- watchful Not a single mistake escaped his watchful gaze.
- wakeful I was sleepy before you came. I am quite wakeful now.
- conscious I was not conscious what in fact I was doing then.
By length
- 2 letters
- up1
- 3 letters
- cry1
- 4 letters
- call1, wake1, rise1, woke1, stir1, wary2
- 5 letters
- aware2, alive2, alert2, arise2, lucid2, rouse1, waken2
- 6 letters
- revive2, arouse2
- 7 letters
- wakeful, heedful
- 8 letters
- vigilant3, watchful2
- 9 letters
- conscious2, attentive3, sleepless2, observant3, cognizant3, cognisant
- 10 letters
- unsleeping
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wary2 = 2 syllables).