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Synonyms for wake-up

  • verb
  • noun

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To stop sleeping; to awake.

  2. n. 1

    An act or instance of waking up.

Related words

Word family
wakefulness
Phrases
wake-up call
Other spellings
wake up wakeup

Forms

Plural
wake-ups

Example sentences

  • wake I'd like a wake-up call at seven tomorrow morning.
  • awake Tom lay awake for a long time thinking about Mary.
  • awaken The cock and the other birds awaken me in the morning.
  • waken I didn't expect you to be waken up so early in the morning.

By length

4 letters
call1, wake1, stir1
5 letters
awake2, rouse1, waken2
6 letters
awaken3, arouse2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (awake2 = 2 syllables).