Synonyms for awaken
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Arouse — to bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate
arouse, stimulate, excite, inspire, energize, energise UK, enliven, provoke, kindle, incite, intoxicate, quicken, call forth, move, raise, fire, exalt, inflame, whet, animate, spur, invigorate, ignite
3. Knock up — to cause to become awake
knock up UK, set on fire, stir up, uprouse
Definitions
- v. 1
To cause to become awake.
- v. 2
To stop sleeping; awake.
Each morning he awakens with a smile on his face.
- v. 3
To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
Awaken your entrepreneurial spirit!
Forms
- Past participle
- awakened
e.g. awakened → aroused, stimulated, excited, inspired…
Example sentences
- inspire We may give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.
- arouse Events of that type generally arouse suspicion.
- energize We need a campaign slogan that'll really energize the base.
- enliven I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
- wake I'd like a wake-up call at seven tomorrow morning.
- waken I didn't expect you to be waken up so early in the morning.
By length
- 4 letters
- call1, move1, fire2, wake1, rise1, stir1, spur1, whet1
- 5 letters
- raise1, arise2, rouse1, exalt2, waken2
- 6 letters
- kindle2, ignite2, excite2, incite2, arouse2
- 7 letters
- inspire2, provoke2, animate3, quicken2, inflame2, enliven3, uprouse
- 8 letters
- energize3, energise
- 9 letters
- stimulate3
- 10 letters
- invigorate4, intoxicate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fire2 = 2 syllables).